Chennai Court June 1951 Judgments
In Re: V. Vengan and ors.
Court: Chennai
Decided on: Jun-26-1951
Reported in: AIR1952Mad95; (1951)2MLJ241
ORDERMack, J.1. All these petitioners have been convicted cinder Section 7 (1) (a) and (b), Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932, by the learned Third and Seventh Presidency Magistrates. They have all been tried in pairs and sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment, except petitioners in Cri. B. O. Nos. 442 and 489 of 1951 who have been sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment, The case against them is that on dates between 10th March 1951 and 4th April 1961 they went in pairs near the shop of Kishinchand Chellaram in Mount Road with placards and black flags and sought to dissuade intending customers from purchasing in this North Indian shop,2. On the first of these petitions filed cri. R. O. nO. 442 of 1951, I directed tbe release of the petitioners on bail. Then on a batch of petitions filed Cri, R. C. NOS. 484, 485, 487 and 488 to 193 of 1951 instead of granting bail I directed the production of the petitioners in this Court from-the Penitentiary. The learned Magistrate as...
Tag this Judgment!D.P. Sampath Vs. Govindammal and ors.
Court: Chennai
Decided on: Jun-26-1951
Reported in: AIR1952Mad98; (1951)1MLJ259
1. Petitioner, a student aged 20, has applied under S. 491, Criminal P. G. to recover the custody of the wife, Padmavathi Animal, aged 17, by the issue of a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that she was illegally and improperly detain-ed by her mother, respondent 1 and her brothers, respondents 2 and 3. I am very doubtful as to the admissibility of this petition which I was inclined to dismiss in limine but for reliance placed on the Bench decision Subbaswami Goundan v. Kamakshiammal, 53 Mad. 72 by Baaaley C. J, and Anantbakrishna Aiyar J. I admitted the pati-tion with notice to the respondents and the peti. tion has been heard by us as a Vacation Bench.2. Padmavathi Ammalaredily appeared before us accompanied by her mother and she says she left her husband of her own accord owing to ill-treatment by his mother and grandmother, who both live in his house. She fully bears out the affidavit, filed on behalf of the respondents that they have nothing whatsoever to do with her leaving her hu...
Tag this Judgment!In Re: Ramaswami Alias Kuppuswami and anr.
Court: Chennai
Decided on: Jun-19-1951
Reported in: AIR1952Mad411; (1951)2MLJ630
Mack, J.1. Ramaswami alias Kuppuswami, aged 27, has been found guilty under Section 302, I.P.C., of the murder of Subramania Mudali, whom he is alleged to have shot through the head with a revolver in the course of a high-way robbery on the Katpadi Gudiyattam High Road at about 7-40 p.m., on the 21st of August 1950. Muniyandi, the 2nd accused, who is also said to have carried a -Revolver in this robbery has been found guilty under Section 302, read with Section 34, I.P.C. The learned Sessions Judge has sentenced them both to death. Two others (accused 3 and 4), who were also charged under Section 302, I.P.C., read with Section 34, I.P.C., have been acquitted.2. The deceased Subramania Mudali was a handloom cloth trader of Gudiyattam who was returning in a bandy driven by his cousin Natarajan (P.W. 2), a lad of 16. They sold saries at shandies and had about Rs. 70 kept under their bag of unsold articles. The bandy was, according to P.W.2, held up by accused 1 and 2 and two others whom t...
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