Bus burning case convicts appeal to Madras HC

Chennai, Mar 9 (UNI) Twenty-five persons sentenced to seven years Rigorous Imprisonment by a Salem Sessions Court in the sensational 2000 Dharmapuri Bus Burning Case today filed appeals against their convictions in Madras High Court.

Three students of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) were charred to death when an irate mob of AIADMK supporters set fire to their bus at Dharmapuri on Feburary three following the conviction of Party General Secretary J Jayalalithaa in the Pleasant Stay Hotel Case.

Besides the 25 accused, First Additional Sessions Judge D Krishnaraja awarded death sentence to three persons.

Former AIADMK Dharmapuri Town Unit Secretary Nedu alias Nedunchezhian, Former Town MGR Forum Functionary Madhu alias Ravichandran and Former Panchayat President P Muniappan were sentenced to death in the case.

Muniappan had already approached the High Court with an appeal on the sentence.

In all 31 persons were accused in the case. While one person died during the course of the trial, two were acquitted.

UNI