MADURAI: The Madras high court has set aside the conviction and sentence awarded by the trial court in two cases of offences committed by the same gang on the same day — one a murder and the other an assault — and remitted them back to the trial court for joint trial. In one case, a sub-inspector of police (SI) was murdered and in the other a police head constable was assaulted.
The incident happened in Ramanathapuram district on April 28, 2006. Around 7.30pm when SI Subramanian of Abiramam police station was patrolling near Nandiseri, an eight-member gang murdered him using billhooks and stole his gold ring, mobile phone and two-wheeler. A few minutes later, the gang assaulted head constable Bose who was travelling on his two-wheeler and stole valuables from him. An injured Bose escaped and reported the incident to the police station. Abiramam police registered two separate cases against the accused.
