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to live with full human dignity, without humiliation and deprivation or degradation of any sort. There can be no doubt that the tag of 'accused' would deprive a man the right to live with full human dignity. The right to speedy trial is also a human right and no civilized society can deny the same to an accused. Furthermore, it should always be the concern of the society to see that a real culprit is given the punishment at the earliest and also to see that an accused is given the punishment at the earliest and also to see that an accused is given an early opportunity to clear the cloud of suspicion shrouded around him and to remove the tag of 'accused'. The said purpose in view that is founded on social interest could not be achieved if trial is unduly delayed as trial is the sole device to decide the guilt or innocence of an accused. Nobody can dispute the position that Courts have a duty to proceedcriminal cases with a reasonable pace", Ravikumar observed in the case. It is his
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and they have two daughters - Neethu and Neenu. Sri C. D. Muralidharan (Retd. School
Teacher), Smt. C. D. Radhamani (KSEB senior superintendent), Sri C. T. Rajan (Retd. Chief Manager, State Bank of India), Sri C. T. Sasikumar (Retd. School Teacher), and Smt. C. T. Jayakumari (Thalayolaparambu) are
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Association, saying that a lawyer connected with the case visited him at his residence to talk about the case.
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