Inspector of police Uthiyur vs Mariyappan and one other — 159/2025

Summary The Kangayam Judicial Magistrate Court convicted two defendants, Mariyappan and Manikandan, under IPC Section 379 (theft) for stealing 39.57 cubic feet of sand valued at ₹526 from the Amaravathi River on December 8, 2019, using an unauthorized tractor. The court accepted their guilty plea based on the Supreme Court precedent in Maharashtra v. Sukhdev Singh and sentenced each to pay ₹5,000 fine or face one week simple imprisonment, plus an additional ₹10,000 fine. The seized tractor was to be returned to its owner. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.