Justice P N Prakash, allowing an appeal filed by Idol Theft Prevention Wing challenging their acquittal by a trial court, observed that the lower court had not given satisfactory reasons for rejecting evidence provided by the co-accused and approver in the case.
After recording the submissions of the accused - Jacob, Selvaraj, Nagalingam, Alexander, Martin, Oswalt and Kanagasabai - the judge sentenced them to different terms of imprisonment for convictions under different provisions of IPC. However, he ordered that the sentences shall run concurrently for three years.