TP Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala High Court hands life sentence to all convicts

Details of the case

It had confirmed the judgement of the trial court and upheld the conviction of Anoop, Manoj alias Kirmani Manoj, NK Sunil Kumar alias Kodi Suni, TK Rajeesh, KK Muhammed Shafi, S Sijith, K Shinoj, KC Ramachandran, Manojan and Kunhanandan concerning the charges proved against them.

Kunhanandan had died during the pendency of the appeals.

The high court had also set aside the acquittal of the two other accused and convicted them of criminal conspiracy in the case related to the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) leader Chandrasekharan at Onchiyam on 4 May, 2012.

The court was considering multiple appeals filed by the convicts seeking to set aside their conviction and sentencing. It also heard the state’s appeal to enhance the sentencing of the accused.

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The appeal by KK Rema

There was another appeal filed by KK Rema, widow of Chandrasekharan, seeking to convict an accused who had been acquitted.

The judgement containing details of the sentence is not available yet.

The trial court at Kozhikode had acquitted 24 accused, including CPI(M) district secretary P Mohanan in the case.

The Kozhikode Additional Sessions Court in 2014 sentenced 11 accused to life imprisonment and awarded a three years jail term to another accused, Lambu Pradeep.

The convicted included CPI(M) local leaders KC Ramachandran and the late Kunhanandan.

Chandrasekharan (52) was hacked to death by a gang while he was returning home on his bike.

The then UDF government in Kerala constituted a special investigation team to probe the case.

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