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Sappani @ Murugesan v. The Inspector of Police
Madras HCCRL A(MD)/355/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Five accused appealed their conviction for murdering a Sub-Inspector and robbing a Head Constable in a 2006 waylaying near Kamuthi. Re-appreciating the circumstantial case, the Division Bench found the police-witness account, dying declarations and forensic material unreliable, extended the benefit of doubt and acquitted all five.
What did the court decide?
Conviction and sentence set aside; all five appellants acquitted; bail bonds terminated and fine refunded.