Sivaganga special court sentenced 27 convicts to life imprisonment in the Kachnatham triple murder case

A special court for special trial of cases under the SC/ST (PoA) Act in Sivaganga on Friday sentenced 27 convicts to life imprisonment in the 2018 Kachnatham triple murder case.

Feather 28 May 2018Three members of a Scheduled Caste, a Scheduled Caste, were killed and several seriously injured when a group of prominent community men attacked them with deadly weapons following a dispute over the honor of the temple in Kachnatham. of three persons. Arumugam, A. Shanmuganathan and V. Chandrasekhar were assassinated.

Special Court Judge G. Muthukumaran had said 27 accused convicted A total of 33 people, including four juveniles from an influential community, were made accused in the case on August 1. During the trial in the case, one person is absconding and one person died.

The judge of the special court heard the families of 27 convicts and victims through video conferencing. on 3 august on sentence volume.

In 2019, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had observed that the brutality with which the crime was committed by the mob of the dominant community had an impact on the peace and tranquility of the society at large, while dismissing criminal appeals. Some of the accused in the case had challenged the special court’s order denying them bail.

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