Udhagamandalam: The district magistrate court here on Monday examined the investigating officer of the Kodanad murder cum burglary case. He is the last witness to be examined in the case.
As the court could not complete the examination of the investigating officer, the hearing was posted to Wednesday, public prosecutor Bala Nandhakumar said. “The examination will continue on Wednesday. With that, prosecution regarding the case will be closed. Questioning and arguments will follow after that,” he said.
Police produced all the 10 accused in the case before the court for hearing. While eight accused are out on bail, the remaining two, Sayan and Manoj, are under police custody.
The Madras high court has given direction to the district magistrate court to complete the hearings in connection with the case before December 15. Hence, at least two hearings in connection with the case had been taken up in a week by the court in the past months.
According to the public prosecutor, of the 103 witnesses framed in the charge sheet, 60 were dispersed. Only the remaining 43 witnesses were examined. TNN