NON-REPORTABLE 2024 INSC 373 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO. 3787 OF 2024 T.R. VIJAYARAMAN … Petitioner(s) VERSUS THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU … Respondent(s) With SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO. 3788 OF 2024 B. KANGARAJAN … Petitioner(s) VERSUS THE STATE REPRESENTED BY ITS INSPECTOR OF POLICE … Respondent(s) O R D E R RAJESH BINDAL, J. 1. This order will dispose off two petitions bearing number S.L.P. (Crl.) No.3787 of 2024 and S.L.P. (Crl.) No.3788 of 2024. Page 1 of 72. Aggrieved against the judgment of the High Court1 in Criminal Appeal (MD) No.407 of 2016 and Criminal Appeal (MD) No. 386 of 2016, the petitioners are before this court. 3. The Trial Court2 in C.C. No.7 of 2008 after holding the Petitioner/T.R. Vijayaraman guilty of offence punishable under Sections 120-B, read with Section 420 IPC and Section 420 IPC sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 5 years and to pay a fine of ₹