![]() Referring to the lines of a song sung by Seerkazhi S Govindarajan in the 1964 movie Karnan, the judges said that in the song the word 'bravery' is mentioned, which denotes 'courage' to kill his enemies having evil character. But, after due deliberation and contemplation, we were reminded of the preaching of Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the battlefield that everyone is going to disappear from the world, even if he (Arjuna) does not shoot the enemies with arrows, even though they are relatives / known persons." The judges also further quoted the Quran and Bible to justify upholding the death sentence awarded to the man. A division bench of Justice S Vaidyanathan and Justice G Jayachandran observed, "We were a little hesitant initially to take away a life of a person by way of a judicial order and thought of converting the punishment into one of life imprisonment. MADURAI: Confirming the death sentence imposed by a trial court on a man for rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl in Pudukottai district, the Madras high court on Wednesday observed that when the attitude of a man turns into that of a beast having no mercy over other creatures, he should be punished and sent to the eternal world.
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