Overview
- XV Additional Sessions Judge L. Abraham Lincoln ordered multiple life sentences to run consecutively for Jagadish (alias Gunna), Rakesh (alias Guddu) and Ashok (alias Laxman).
- Jaildar Singh (alias Lalimaster) was acquitted for want of evidence following a split trial that left only four defendants before the court.
- The court detailed that the trio received four to five life terms each under sections including 396 and 397, effectively keeping them in prison for the rest of their lives.
- Prosecutors said the January 8, 2005 attack at Thanakulam involved a six-member gang that killed Sudarsanam, injured family members, took about 60 sovereigns of gold and fled to a lorry parked a kilometre away.
- A special team led by then IG S. R. Jangid tied the Bawaria gang to about 24 dacoities with 13 deaths, while two principal suspects died in Vellore prison and absconders forced fragmented proceedings with 52 exhibits and 17 material objects placed on record.