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Notice issued to accused in murder case

Legal Correspondent

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to M. Rajendran, main accused in the murder of an assistant in the Vice-Chancellor’s office of the Annamalai University, on special leave petitions filed by the Tamil Nadu government and the complainant seeking cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted to him by the trial court and affirmed by Madras High Court.

A Bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice P. Sathasivam issued notice to respondent, Rajendran, after hearing senior counsel for the State Altaf Ahmed, and K.V. Viswanathan and B. Ragunath for the complainant, T.S. Arun Kumar, whose paternal uncle Sivasami was the victim. Senior counsel Harish Salve and Arun Jaitley represented the respondent.

The State, in its SLP, said the prosecution case was that the deceased Sivasami and the complainant were travelling in a motorcycle on January 30, when two persons came from behind intercepted the vehicle and inflicted knife injury on Sivasami and he died on the spot. During investigation, it came to light that Rajendran, personal assistant to the founder of the Annamalai University, was involved in the conspiracy to attack Sivasami.

On a petition from Rajendran, Principal Sessions court, Cuddalore, granted anticipatory bail to him. The High court dismissed the appeals filed by both the complainant and the State against the trial court’s order. The present appeals are directed against a common judgment of the High Court dated April 3.

The State said the High court had failed to consider that in heinous crimes, only through a custodial interrogation, the investigating agency could unearth the truth and a mere interrogation of the accused clothed with the order of anticipatory bail would not yield fruitful results.

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