Chennai Court June 1940 Judgments

In Re Andi thevan

Court: Chennai

Reported in: AIR1941Mad251

Gentle, J.1. The appellant was tried and convicted by the learned Additional Sessions Judge of Madura upon five counts in an indictment, the first three counts being for murder under Section 302, Penal Code, the fourth count for attempting to murder under Section 307, Penal Code, and the fifth count voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon under Section 324, Penal Code. He was sentenced to transportation for life for the offence of murder in the first count, to death in respect of the second and third counts, rigorous imprisonment for a term of ten years under the fourth count and rigorous imprisonment for eighteen months under the fifth count. The offence is alleged to have been committed in Madura on the evening of 3rd October 1939. The occurrence took place in a lane in a block of houses which are owned by P.W. 1 who lives in a large house in the block himself and lets the others out to tenants, which tenants include P.Ws. 2, 3, 4, 9 and the accused, P.W. 4 being a subtenant...