In his appeal, Ramaraj, a retired Lt. Colonel, sought setting aside of the April 20 order of a Fast Track Court which had convicted him for murder and slapped on him a fine of Rs 60,000.
Additional Sessions Judge (FTC-V) R Radha directed that Rs 50,000 of the amount be paid as compensation to the mother of Dilshan who was shot in the head on July 3 last allegedly by Ramaraj after he and two friends had scaled the boundary wall of Old Fort Glacis Army Officers' Enclave to pluck almonds.
When the appeal came up for hearing before the court, a division bench comprising Justices C Nagappan and P Devadas ordered issue of notice to the crime branch-CID of the Tamil Nadu police. PTI GR APR
