A Special Leave Petition was thereafter filed in this Court by seven of the accused and while leave was granted with respect to Murugan and Vellathai, who are the appellants before us, the petition qua the other accused was dismissed.
5 was the sisters husband of Vellathai, accused No.
6 was son of accused No.
8 was son of accused No.
The accused, initially nine in number, were brought to trial before the Sessions Court for offences punishable under Sections 302/149 etc.
1 and as there was admittedly very serious enmity between the parties on account of several factors including an earlier murder, the possibility of false implication companyld number be ruled out.
1,2 and 3 were way laid by the accused in the field of one Shanmuga Thevar and the deceased had been thereafter done to death in a brutal manner.
1, 4 7 were the brothers of Vellathai, Accused No.
5 and accused No.
of the Indian Penal Code and were sentenced to life and to various other terms of imprisonment.
An appeal taken to the High Court was also dismissed.
The present appeal is thus companyfined only to Murugan and Vellathai.
