A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on February 19 (Monday) confirmed the sentence of life imprisonment awarded to the convicts in a case relating to the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) leader T.P. Chandrasekharan at Onchiyam in 2012.
The Bench comprising Justice A. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Kauser Edappagath passed the verdict while upholding the Kozhikode Additional Sessions Court’s order awarding life imprisonment to accused M. C. Anoop, Manoj Kumar, alias Kirmani Manoj, N. K. Sunil Kumar, alias Kodi Suni, Rajeesh Thundikandi, K.K. Mohammed Shafi, Sijith, alias Annan Sijith, K. Shinoj, K.C. Ramachandran (then CPI(M) Kunnummakkara local committee member), Manojan, alias Trouser Manojan (former CPI(M) Kadungapoyil branch secretary), and the late P. K. Kunhanandan (former CPI(M) Panoor area committee member).
The Bench also set aside the acquittal of 10th accused K.K. Krishnan (former CPI(M) area committee member, Onchiyam) and the 12th accused Geothi Babu and convicted them under Section 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
