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11. It is alleged that, in furtherance of the said conspiracy, “Sri” (A-5) handed over 75 cyanide capsules and 60 grams of chemical GPS-4 used for making cyanide to Krishnakumar (A-1), with specific directions to proceed to Sri Lanka by ferry and hand over the same to one “Kavi”, a Sri Lankan national, so as to re-organise the LTTE cadres and to eliminate rival Tamil leaders.

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12. Acting on the said tip off, the Q Branch police conducted a vehicle search on 20th July, 2015 at 20:30 hours at the Utchipuli Bus Stand on the Ramanathapuram-Rameshwaram Main Road. A Tata Indica car bearing Registration No. TN-07-BK-3574 was searched, wherein Krishnakumar (A-1), Sasikumar (accused No. 2/A-2) and Rajendran (accused No. 3/A-3) were found present. The following articles were seized from the said accused persons: 75 cyanide capsules; 60 grams of chemical GPS-4; 6 mobile phones; Indian currency amounting to Rs.46,200/-; Sri Lankan currency amounting to Rs.19,300/-; vehicle documents; and passport and other documents.

leader Prabhakaran of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and that citing the excellence of my work, he gave me the name Sri in the movement. My real name is Ranjan, and I surrendered to the Sri Lankan army in the 2009 battle between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan army in Mullivaikkal and was released in 2012, and came to Trichy and stayed, and at that time, as per the request of Gugan, who had worked with me and is currently in Switzerland, to reunite the LTTE and fight against the Sri Lankan army and establishing Tamil Eelam.

Submissions on behalf of the respondent

36. Per contra, learned counsel appearing for the respondent, vehemently and fervently opposed the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the appellant. He urged that the appellant was clearly found involved in activities aimed at revival of the banned organisation LTTE.

37. He submitted that the appellant had conspired with the convicted accused Krishnakumar (A-1) and had provided him with cyanide capsules and other poisonous chemicals to be carried to Sri Lanka so that the persons who were responsible for the defeat of LTTE could be eliminated.

ii. Treated evidence of the appellant’s landlady, Rasamalar (PW-25), and his neighbours, Indu (PW-17) and Latha (PW-18) as corroborative of the prosecution’s case regarding the identity  and presence of the appellant at the relevant address, thereby lending support to the prosecution version that the appellant was identifiable to persons in his vicinity as the individual named in the FIR.

iii. The High Court accepted the prosecution’s explanation that “Sri” was not a conventional name but an honorific conferred upon the appellant by an LTTE leader in recognition of his services. It was further noted that the appellant’s photograph was affixed on his Sri Lankan passport (P.M.O. 61) bearing the name “Ranjan,” which, according to the courts, established his identity. On this basis, the High Court concluded that the appellant, having been actively associated with LTTE, had adopted the name “Ranjan” to conceal his identity after the organisation was banned and disbanded.