SC frees John Pandian in Kovai murder case
December 4th, 2010
DC Correspondent
Delhi/Salem, Dec. 3: The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted dalit
leader John Pandian and four others, while upholding the conviction
and life imprisonment of two persons in a 17-year-old case in which a
man was killed by the jilted lover of his wife in Coimbatore.
A Bench headed by Justice V.S. Sirpurkar, acquitted five co-accused,
including John Pandian, for want of sufficient evidence against them.
They were earlier awarded life imprisonment by the trial court.
"We hold Kumar and Pavunraj guilty and further confirm the judgement
of the appellate court convicting them. We, however, allow the appeals
filed by Sivakumar, Ubaiadulla, Yusuf and Abdul Kareem and John
Pandian giving them the benefit of doubt and acquit them," the bench
said in its 98-page judgement.
The apex court was deciding on a bunch of appeals lodged by several
convicts against the judgement of the high court which had awarded
rigorous life imprisonment to them for their varying roles in the
murder.
The Bench termed the murder of Vivek alias Vivekanandan a pathetic
story of a love triangle having resulted in the gruesome end of the
deceased on August 17, 1993, on Diwan Bahadur Road near Richy Rich
restaurant in Coimbatore.
Key accused Venkataraman committed suicide inside the jail and,
consequently, the appeal against him was abated. Venkataraman was
upset with the marriage of Sunita with the victim.
He allegedly conspired with others and got the victim eliminated.
Meanwhile, in Salem, jail officials said they have not received the
Supreme Court's order, which will happen only next week after which
John Pandian will be released.
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