Justice N. Sathish Kumar of the Madras High Court has also concurred with the view of Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan that there are no materials to suspect that the death of a Class XII girl at a private school in Kaniyamoor in Kallakurichi district on July 13, which led to large scale riots and vandalism on July 17, was a case of rape and murder as alleged by her parents.
While Justice Kumar has now made the observation while dealing with a case in which he had decided to monitor the investigation, Justice Ilanthiraiyan had come to such a conclusion while dealing with bail petitions filed by the school correspondent, secretary, principal and two women teachers, who had been arrested on charges of abetting the girl’s suicide.
“From the experts’ report and the investigation done by the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) in all angles so far, the contention of the petitioner that the death is due to sexual assault and homicidal violence cannot be countenanced as the reports do not even suggest homicidal violence or any sexual assault,” Justice Kumar wrote.
