Nearly a decade after two men were murdered in Kollakodai in Ponganur village in Jawadhu Hills, Additional District Sessions Court-III in Tirupattur on Monday sentenced six persons to double life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 13,000 each.
Judge M Prakasan found the six accused, Jayabalan (34) and Thirumurugan (29) of Athimur village, and Bala (alias) Balasubramani (21), Mosh (alias) Moses (21), Murugan (21), and Manikandan (19), all from Polur, guilty of the crime and sentenced them to double life imprisonment under Section 396 (dacoity with murder) of IPC and slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 each. He also awarded them seven years rigorous imprisonment and penalty of Rs 1,000 each under Section 395 (dacoity), seven years (RI) and penalty of Rs 1,000 under Section 302 (murder) of IPC and two years RI and Rs 1,000 fine under Section 201 (disappearance of evidence) of IPC, said Additional Public Prosecutor A Dilli Babu.
Jamunamaruthur Police registered a case against the the six accused and arrested them on December 21, 2002. Police investigations revealed that the accused had strangled Poochi (40) and Chinnapillai (37), who were on night watch at a farm, in the late hours of December 17 and robbed them. After dumping their bodies in a nearby well, they went to Poochi’s house in Ponganur assaulted his 15-year-old son Babu and escaped with gold jewellery from the house.
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