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Thursday, Mar 17, 2005

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Summon documents in Mayurini murder case: court

By Our Staff Reporter

MADURAI, MARCH 16. The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court today directed a lower court trying the Mayurini murder case to summon documents in the custody of the Director General of Police and the Registrar of the Madurai Bench.

Declining to transfer the trial to another court on the ground that the lower court did not summon two officers listed as defence witnesses, Justice M. Chockalingam directed the lower court to expedite the trial and dispose of the case in two months. Balaprasanna, sole accused in the case, sought transfer of trial.

Mayurini, daughter of Thiyagaraja, Deputy Secretary to the Government of Sri Lanka in Trincomalee province, was murdered here on April 22, 2003. The case is being tried before the principal sessions court in Madurai.

Plea closed

Closing another petition moved by the accused, the judge directed the trial court not to rely on the affidavit filed by the father and the sister of the deceased, adducing evidence under Section 296 of the Criminal Procedure Code (evidence of formal character on affidavit).

The petition was filed to revise the order of the trial court rejecting a plea to summon Mayurini's father and sister for cross-examination. However, the State Public Prosecutor, K. Doraisamy, submitted that they would not press on the affidavit and hence there was no necessity to summon the witnesses put up in Sri Lanka.

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