Thirumangalam Town Police station vs Vigneshwaran — 253/2025

The Thirumangalam Town Police Station filed FIR No. 86/2025 against Vigneshwaran, accusing him of assaulting the complainant Mariyammaal on 15.03.2025 at 8:00 PM, causing injury with a knife to her elbow and making death threats against her and her husband, under IPC Sections 296(b), 118(1), 351(3) and TNPHW Act Section 4. The court found that while the complainant (PW1) testified she fell during a scuffle, eyewitnesses (PW2 and PW3) had no direct knowledge of the incident. The court noted the absence of direct testimony connecting the accused to the alleged crimes and found reasonable doubts in the prosecution's case. Despite documentary evidence presented through the police officer (PW4), the lack of credible eyewitness testimony supporting the assault allegations created insufficient grounds for conviction. The court acquitted Vigneshwaran under Section 271(1) BNSS, holding that the benefit of doubt must be given to the accused where evidence fails to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.