File photo of Madurai bench of Madras High Court
Madurai, Tamil Nadu:
In 2011, nine years after her supposed murder, Mekala had appeared before government officials in Madurai, in a dramatic twist to the case. Since then it has taken her four years and a DNA report to convince the world about her existence.
The woman from Tamil Nadu has managed to convince the High Court that she is indeed still alive rather than having been murdered in 2002. The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has accepted a DNA report that endorses Mekala's claim.
On July 6 last, Justice S Nagamuthu had ordered Mekala and her father to undergo the DNA test, which confirmed the woman's claim that she was alive and she had not been murdered. The tests were conducted on Mekala and her father Muthu.
The Judge also set aside an order of a Tuticorin district court which had concluded that the Mekala, had been murdered, though all four accused were acquitted.
The Court refused to take criminal action against the police personnel who wrongly declared the woman dead, saying that their finding was based on superimposition results and they could not be blamed for the same.
The state government has also been ordered by the Court to give a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to four persons arrested in connection with the case. They were detained in prison for 93 days.
The matter came to the Court when two persons, arrested in connection with the 'murder', sought compensation for malicious prosecution and registration of criminal cases against the concerned police personnel.
The woman from Tamil Nadu has managed to convince the High Court that she is indeed still alive rather than having been murdered in 2002. The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has accepted a DNA report that endorses Mekala's claim.
On July 6 last, Justice S Nagamuthu had ordered Mekala and her father to undergo the DNA test, which confirmed the woman's claim that she was alive and she had not been murdered. The tests were conducted on Mekala and her father Muthu.
The Judge also set aside an order of a Tuticorin district court which had concluded that the Mekala, had been murdered, though all four accused were acquitted.
The Court refused to take criminal action against the police personnel who wrongly declared the woman dead, saying that their finding was based on superimposition results and they could not be blamed for the same.
The state government has also been ordered by the Court to give a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to four persons arrested in connection with the case. They were detained in prison for 93 days.
The matter came to the Court when two persons, arrested in connection with the 'murder', sought compensation for malicious prosecution and registration of criminal cases against the concerned police personnel.
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