Accused need not be directly involved in crime or present on site to prove conspiracy charges: Court

THE Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has held that for conviction under charges of criminal conspiracy, it is not necessary that the accused should have direct involvement in the crime or physically present at the crime scene.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Madurai

A bench of justices G Jayachandran and R Poornima observed so while confirming the conviction of eight persons for the murder of a man in Madurai in 2014 while hearing a batch of appeals filed by them challenging the life sentence imposed by a sessions court in 2022.

According to the prosecution, the deceased Alagarsami had enmity with the first accused Vijayalingam, who was his relative, over a Karuvelam tree contract. A criminal case was also pending against Alagarsami for allegedly trying to murder Vijayalingam.