MADURAI: Days after atmosphere aside the acquittal of then deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Rajaram in the Dinakaran newspaper office arson case that left three people dead in 2007, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court docket sentenced him to four years imprisonment on Monday.
On March 21, a division bench of Justices P N Prakash and B Pugalendhi sentenced nine people, together with ‘Attack’ Pandi, former aide of M K Alagiri, to undergo life imprisonment in reference to the case. At the similar time, the judges set aside Rajaram’s acquittal and directed him to seem prior to the court docket on March 25 to make a decision the quantum of sentence. The former DSP who appeared prior to the court docket on Monday instructed the judges to hear him in the chambers. However, the judges refused, stating that he had already been convicted in the case.
DSP Rajaram to undergo the imprisonment concurrently
The judges then handed him four years jail term under section 221 (1) of the IPC (intentionally omits to apprehend a suspect) and one-year jail term under section 217 of IPC (public servant disobeying legislation to avoid wasting an individual from punishment). The judges further directed the DSP to undergo the imprisonment concurrently following which Rajaram was taken directly to the jail.
Dinakaran office at Madurai was torched through vandals on May 9, 2007, after it published the results of an opinion poll which advised that M K Stalin had greater public approval as the political successor to DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi than his elder brother Alagiri. Three Dinakaran staff contributors — Vinoth Kumar, Gopinath and Muthuramalingam -— have been killed in the incident.
The case was later taken over through the CBI, which booked 17 people, together with Rajaram, for facilitating the attack.
On March 21, a division bench of Justices P N Prakash and B Pugalendhi sentenced nine people, together with ‘Attack’ Pandi, former aide of M K Alagiri, to undergo life imprisonment in reference to the case. At the similar time, the judges set aside Rajaram’s acquittal and directed him to seem prior to the court docket on March 25 to make a decision the quantum of sentence. The former DSP who appeared prior to the court docket on Monday instructed the judges to hear him in the chambers. However, the judges refused, stating that he had already been convicted in the case.
DSP Rajaram to undergo the imprisonment concurrently
The judges then handed him four years jail term under section 221 (1) of the IPC (intentionally omits to apprehend a suspect) and one-year jail term under section 217 of IPC (public servant disobeying legislation to avoid wasting an individual from punishment). The judges further directed the DSP to undergo the imprisonment concurrently following which Rajaram was taken directly to the jail.
Dinakaran office at Madurai was torched through vandals on May 9, 2007, after it published the results of an opinion poll which advised that M K Stalin had greater public approval as the political successor to DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi than his elder brother Alagiri. Three Dinakaran staff contributors — Vinoth Kumar, Gopinath and Muthuramalingam -— have been killed in the incident.
The case was later taken over through the CBI, which booked 17 people, together with Rajaram, for facilitating the attack.
Dinakaran office attack: Ex-DSP gets 4-yr jail
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