Chennai Court May 1946 Judgments
In Re: Mariappan Alias Vengayan and anr.
Court: Chennai
Decided on: May-28-1946
Reported in: AIR1947Mad264; (1946)2MLJ128
Chandrasekhara Aiyar, J.1. The learned Additional Sessions Judge of Coimbatore, convicted the appellants, who are accused 1 and 2, of the offence of murder of a girl called Kaliammal alias Papathi aged 9 years and sentenced them to death. The sentence comes up before us for confirmation. There are criminal appeals filed by the two accused.2. The girl Kaliammal alias Papathi was the daughter of P.W. 5 and P.W. 7. On the day of the occurrence, namely, 17th December, 1945, she went to her mother's sundry shop in the chuckler's quarters near her village taking food for her and was on her way back to her house finishing her errand. She did not reach home that afternoon as usual. A search was made for her that evening but without any avail. Her dead body minus the jewels that she was wearing was discovered in a cholam field adjoining the path that she took to reach her village. On information received by the police the 1st accused was arrested on 20th December, 1945 and questioned. He then m...
Tag this Judgment!In Re: Nachimuthu Goundan and ors.
Court: Chennai
Decided on: May-28-1946
Reported in: AIR1947Mad259; (1946)2MLJ137
Kuppuswami Ayyar, J.1. The referred trial relates to the sentence of death imposed on accused 3 to 5 in Sessions Case No. 22 of 1946 on the file of the Court of Session of the Coimbatore division. Criminal Appeal No. 287 of 1946 is by accused Nos. 1 to 3 of whom accused 1 and 2 had been sentenced to transportation for life for the murder of the deceased Abdul Kassim Sahib, a constable attached to the Tiruppur police station. The third accused was given the sentence of death for the same murder. The other two appeals are appeals by accused 4 and 5 who have been sentenced to death for the murder of the said Kassim Sahib.2. P.W. 5 is the father of accused 1 and 2. The third accused is a nephew of P.W. 5. The fourth accused is a brother of P.W. 5 and the fifth accused is a brother-in-law of the fourth accused. Unfortunately, the relationship between the father (P.W. 5) and the two sons (accused 1 and 2) was not happy. A couple of months prior to the occurrence accused 1 and 2 happened to l...
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