Confirming the life sentence (till death without any remission) awarded to S. Yuvaraj (43), a caste outfit leader, and seven other convicts beheading Scheduled Caste engineering graduate V. Gokulraj in 2015, the Madras High Court on Friday, June 2, 2023 said, “This is a case which brings out the dark side of human behaviour. It focuses our attention to the ugly facets of our society: the caste system, bigotry, inhuman treatment of persons belonging to the marginalised section, et al.”
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Justices M.S. Ramesh and N. Anand Venkatesh went on to write: “Cases such as this are textbook examples of how the criminal justice system can be easily manipulated and won over by witnesses who suborn at the drop of a hat. This has virtually become the norm in high-profile cases with the added pressure of the press and social media and the technical challenges posed in proving a large body of electronic evidence.”
