Summary:
Manikumar, 24, and Raja Ravi, 25, were awarded life imprisonment, an additional two-year imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 each. The policeman too followed them on his bike.When the accused tried to turn their vehicle one of the wheels of the trailer came off. SP of Tirunelveli district PVe Arunsakthikumar said they would move the high court against Murugaperumal’s acquittal. One more accused Amitab Bachan, 25, was awarded life imprisonment.Police personnel welcomed the verdict saying the speedy conviction would instil fear in the minds of criminals. Spotting the tractor carrying sand on the Chittoor Road that connects Kovankulam and Parappadi villages, he tried to stop them, but the accused entered a barren land..