HC allows 3 accused to examine EPS, Sasikala
Hindustan TimesThe Madras high court on Friday allowed a plea from three accused in the 2017 Kodanad Estate heist-murder case to summon former chief minister and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi Palaniswami and expelled leader VK Sasikala as defence witnesses. HC allows 3 accused to examine EPS, Sasikala Justice P Velmurugan passed the orders based on a criminal revision petition filed by three accused in the case against an order from 2021 by the principal sessions court in Nilgiris district. The lower court had rejected the plea of the accused to summon nine people including EPS and Sasikala and seven to be examined as defence witnesses. The high court on Friday allowed the examination of all the remaining witnesses besides EPS and Sasikala based on the revision plea of the three accused - A Santosh Same, D Dheebu, MS Satheesan.