CHANDRASEKAR . vs STATE — Crl.A. No. 1345/2012

Summary of Chandrasekar v. State (Crl.A. No. 1345/2012) The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of appellants Chandrasekar, Balasubramanian, and Govindaraj under IPC Section 302 for the brutal murder of Gnanasekaran on July 17, 2007. The three appellants attacked the victim repeatedly on the head with a hammer, sickle, and iron rod respectively, causing multiple grave head injuries that resulted in death. The court found the eyewitness testimony of the injured witness (PW-1 Lalbahadur Sastri) highly credible, as injured witnesses have inherent reliability, and corroborated evidence from two additional eyewitnesses established the appellants' individual murderous intent. The motive was clear: anger over the victim's acquittal in a criminal case the previous day. The appeals were dismissed and bail bonds cancelled. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.