Coimbatore gang-rape: JM-I to conduct check identification parade; one-way mirror room prepared in central jail

The First Judicial Magistrate (JM-I) has been assigned to conduct the check identification parade (TIP) of the three accused within the Coimbatore gang-rape case.

Officers aware of the investigation stated that the investigating group submitted a plea earlier than the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court (CJM) for TIP within the case. The CJM assigned JM-I to conduct the TIP, which is predicted to happen in a few days.

Coimbatore City Police Commissioner A. Saravana Sundar stated the date for the TIP has not been mounted and the Justice of the Peace involved would conduct it in the end of time.

Police sources stated that the three accused within the case, T. Karuppasamy alias Satheesh (30), his brother T. Kaleeswaran alias Karthik (21) and M. Guna alias Thavasi (20), must get well from the gunshots they suffered on their legs through the arrest on November 3, to be paraded for TIP.

Meanwhile, the gang-rape case has been transferred from the Second Judicial Magistrate Court, which is the jurisdictional courtroom of Peelamedu station the place the case was registered, to the Additional Mahila Court as it’s case of crime in opposition to a lady.

One-way room prepared in jail

A room with a one-way mirror facility is obtainable on the Coimbatore Central Prison for the conduct of the TIP as per norms, stated a jail official. The association permits a witness to establish suspect/s with out being seen by the suspect/s or fillers (different people within the line up).

Police sources added that the Justice of the Peace will conduct separate TIPs for the 20-year-old survivor and her boyfriend aged 25.