HC conducts incamera appeal trial proceedings

Nearly a year after a 28-year-old aeronautical engineering graduate was sentenced to death for murdering a pawn broker in the city in 2012 for gain, the Madras High Court today held the appeal trial proceedings incamera.
The CCTV footage showing the murder was a clinching prosecution evidence against the youth, who was sentenced to death by a sessions court in nearby Poonamalleee on January 21, 2015, maintaining that it was a "rarest of rare cases," in keeping with the rulings of the High Court and the Supreme Court.
Ramajayam alias Appu, a native of Cuddalore district who completed his BE Degree here and undergone pilot training in Sri Lanka, was then awarded the maximum punishment for tresspass (10 years), robbery (10 years), and misappropiration of property (three years) considering the gravity of the offence.

A bench comprising Justice R Sudhakar and Justice P N Prakash held the appeal hearing proceedings incamera.
They also held inquiry with the prosecution witness.
The division reserved its orders without mentioning any date.
He murdered pawn broker Guna Ram, alias Ganesh, on April 14, 2012 at his shop in Nerkundram here and took away jewelleries. The murder had sent shock waves and pawn brokers protested by downing shutters.
Ramajayam had evaded arrest for a month after the murder and also attempted to kill women for gain at Pallikaranai here.