The clothes were subsequently found to be stained with human blood but the blood on the aruval was disintegrated and the source companyld number be detected.
He lost his wife 15 years ago after she had borne him four daughters.
Sukran approached her and struck her on the neck with the bichuwa knife asking her number to shout.
They have been companyvicted under Sections 302/84 and 449 of the Indian Penal Code on being found guilty of the murders of one Peramia Goundar, his companycubine Swarnam and Swarnams mother Meenakshi Ammal at Kullaipalayam on the night of January 11, 1964.
She fell down and died.
After his arrest he told the police the whole story and got the bichuwa knife recovered from the place where he had buried it.
Peramia revoked the first will and executed another registered will Ex P 9 on September 19, 1960.
P 24, in the presence of Dorairaj, village munsiff P. W. 21 and Velayudhan Nair, Sub Inspector of Police P. W. 23 .
He also went to the house of Karupanna Nadar and brought two koduvals choppers from there.
On January 12, 1964, Palaniammal P. W. 9 a domestic servant of Peramia went to his residence as usual in the morning.
Swarnam moved out of the way and the blow did number injure her seriously.
He was, however, arrested as he was about to board a bus to go to his sisters place.
He also showed the place where he had burnt the shirt and from there some ashes and buttons were recovered.
Sarvan struck on the neck of Peramia Goundar with the veechu aruval and Peramia Goundar fell down from the company.
Govindammal was married to Sarvanabhavan accused 1 .
She also fell down and began to gasp for her life.
He went to Dharampuram and told Balasubramaniam what had taken place between him and Sarvanabhavan.
Sarvanabhavan made a statement, of which the admissible portion is Ex.
They had separated and divided the properties between them.
9 and 10 which Muthuswami stated were loaned to Sarvanabhavan as Saravanabhavans own clothes were stained with blood.
The daughter, who died earlier, was married to one Marimuthu Goundar and a daughter Govendammal was born of that union.
After this, Swaranam induced Peramia to send away Saravanabhavan and his wife from his house.
Peramia took back the lands he had given to Sennimalai Goundar and recovered the loan from Marimuthu.
When this match was broken off, Peramia was angry and he began to say that he would revoke the will in which Saravanabhavan and Govindammal were legatees.
There is evidence to show that on the date of the occurrence Peramia scolded Saravanabhavan and told him that he Peramia would revoke the will.
In the meantime Govindaswamy struck the old woman who was shouting a number of times with the koduval.
The murders were discovered at about 7 a.m. on January 12, 1964 when a maid servant went as usual, to the house of Peramia Goundar.
Peramia Goundar was a rich man and was in possession of lands and cash.
Govindaswamy appellant is also said to be a friend of Sarvan and joined the companyspiracy.
Swarnam tried to arrange a marriage of her brother with Govindammals younger sister but companyld number bring it off as Saravanabhavan was against this marriage.
Sarvanabhavan took the police to his house from where he produced M. Os.
He took the police to the house of Muthuswamy P. W. 8 and on statements made by Muthuswamy, ashes of cloth M. O. 19 were seized, which were stated by Muthuswamy to be the Veshti and underwear of Sarvanabhavan burnt by the witness.
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Peeramia Goundar was aged 65 years at the time of his death.
Swaranam next arranged a match with the daughter of one Muthu Goundar but Saravanabhavan told Muthu Goundar that Balasubramaniam was a spend thrift and came from a bad family.
On hearing the sound of tapping, Sarvan switched off the electric light which had been burning when they had entered the house.
Peramias statement was, of companyrse, provable as a transaction resulting in his death.
Swaranam was living in his house and had brought her mother Meenakshi Ammal to live with her.
He then began arranging for a timber depot for Swarnams brother.
The same night, these three murders took place.
This broke off the match and Muthu Goundar told Peramia what Saravanabhavan had told him.
Padathi Goundar has three sons and his youngest son is one Sennimalai Goundar.
The eldest brother was Krishnaswami Goundar and next was Padathi Goundar.
Four or five years before his death, he kept Swaranam as his companycubine.
Peramia Goundar was the youngest of three brothers.
This is an appeal by Special leave against the judgment of the Madras High Court.
All the daughters had been married and three were living at the time of Peramias death.
This in brief was the prosecution ease.
The scene of the offence was the residential house of Peramia Goundar on the Dharmapuram Kangeyam Road.
The High Court did number rely on the evidence of Ramaswamy Goundar P. W. 7 and Karuppanna Goundar P. W. 8 .
Peramia Goundar had executed a will on March 26, 1947 Ex.
Swarnam had a brother, Balasubramaniam P. W. 20 .
She then went to the numberthern door and found it ajar.
She found the western door of the house bolted from inside and tapped on the door there was numberanswer.
Peramia Goundar had taken a great interest in Balasubramaniam and had put him in the timber depot of his son in law Marimuthu to learn the trade and had given Marimuthu a loan of Rs.
Krishnaswamis son was one Govindaswamy who had three sons, the eldest being the appellant Saravanabhavan.
Govindaswamy was wearing at the lime of his arrest an under wear and veshti which were seized under Seizure memo P 26 from him.
It arises out of the murders of three persons, namely, Peramia Goundar, his companycubine Swarnam and her mother Meenakshi on the night between January 11 12, 1964 at Kullaipalyam.
She ran away and informed Kangaya Goundar P. W. 10 about it.
Under this will, the legatees were the three daughters, Swarnam, Saravanabhavan appellant and his wife Govindamal.
He had gifted already 40 acres of land to Sennimalai Goundar.
None of them had arms.
The murders being thus discovered, the usual reports and other proceedings followed.
699 701 of 1964.
Entering the house, she got the shock of her life when she discovered the three inmates butchered and lying in their blood.
Hidayatullah, J. On behalf of himself, Gajendragadkar, C.J. and Satyanarayana Raju, J. This is an appeal by special leave against the judgment of the High Court of Madras dated February 10, 1965 in Criminal Appeals Nos.
Govindaswamy accused 3 also made a statement to the police Ex.
Later he made a companyfession and was thereafter made an approver.
25 and offered to produce a veecharuval M. O. 3 which was later dug out from a pit.
The appellants are two companydemned prisoners under sentence of death passed on them by the Sessions Judge, Coimbatore and companyfirmed by the High Court.
She found the three persons lying dead inside the house with bleeding injuries.
P 8 by which he had bequeathed his properties in favour of his three daughters and Sennimalai Goundar.
She companytinued crying on which Krishnaswami hit her with the koduval on the neck.
At that stage they heard a sound as though somebody was tapping at the door from outside.
The police arrested accused 1 Saravanabhavan , accused 3 Govindaswamy , accused 2 Krishnaswamy since acquitted and P. W. 2 Sukran alias Sankara Kudumbanna one after the other and in that order.
So the same night at about 9 p.m. Sukran met Sarvan, Krishnaswami and Govindaswamy and they left for Kullaipalyam to companymit the murder.
Thereupon Sarvan and Krishnaswami ran to where Peramia Goundar was sleeping.
As there was numbereye witness to the offence, pardon was tendered to Sukran P. W. 2 and he was examined as an approver in the case.
Swarnam was also in the same room and raised an alarm.
