prosecution had convincingly established that there was sufficient motive to commit the crime. Ranjithkumar had entered into two agreements (Ex.P1 and Ex.P2) with one Rajakantham, mother of A9 Vijayan, on 14.11.2019. One was a sale agreement and the other was a lease deed. A sum of Rs.10,00,000/- was paid as advance under the sale agreement. A sum of Rs.3,30,000/- was paid as first installment under the lease agreement. Physical possession of the coconut grove and the agricultural land belonging to Rajakantham was taken by Ranjithkumar. According to the prosecution, this was seriously objected by A9 Vijayan. Two days later, when Ranjithkumar was ploughing the filed at around 10.00 a.m, A8 Chokkar, A1 Jeyaprabhu, A2 Mathan, A9 Vijayan and 10 others entered the grove and picked up quarrel. A1 Jeyaprabhu hacked PW1's shoulder with a bill hook. In this regard, Crime No.239 of 2019 was registered on the file of Gudalur South Police Station. In February 2020, Ranjithkumar faced threats and intimidation at the hands of some of the accused. He even lodged a written complaint before the Inspector of Police, Cumbum South Police Station on 12.02.2020. He named A1, A8, A2, A3 and others in his complaint. Ex.P2 CSR receipt was issued by the Police. Ranjithkumar had clearly mentioned therein that A9 was upset about the land transaction which he had entered into with his mother Rajakantham and therefore the accused wanted to do away with
