["< sod > the'''lakshmanthan murder case'''( { { lang - ta | [UNK] [UNK] [UNK] } } ) was a high - profile criminal trial that was conducted in the then [ [ madras presidency ] ] between november 1944 and april 1947. the cause of the trial was the murder of c. n. lakshmikanthan, a tamil film journalist. lakshmikanthan was stabbed in [ [ vepery ] ], [ [ madras ] ] on november 7, 1944. he died the next morning in general hospital, madras. a criminal case was filed and a series of suspects were arrested. the suspects included tamil film actors [ [ m. k. thyagaraja bhagavathar ] ] and [ [ n. s. krishnan ] ] and director [ [ s. m. sriramulu naidu ] ]. while sreeramulu naidu was acquitted, thyagaraja bhagavathar and krishnan were found guilty and convicted. bhagavathar and krishnan appealed to the [ [ madras high court ] ], but their appeals were turned down. the duo remained in jail until 1947, when an appeal to the privy council was successful and the council directed the sessions court to make a fresh retrial. bhagavathar and krishnan were found to be innocent and acquitted. < eod > < sod > the'''lakshmikanthan murder case'''( { { lang - ta | [UNK] [UNK] [UNK] } } ) was a high - profile criminal trial that was conducted in the then [ [ madras presidency ] ] between november 1944 and april 1947. the cause of the trial was the murder of c. n. lakshmikanthan, a tamil film journalist. lakshmikanthan was stabbed in [ [ vepery ] ], [ [ madras ] ] on november 7, 1944. he died the next morning in general hospital, madras. a criminal case was filed and a series of suspects were arrested. the suspects included tamil film actors [ [ m. k. thyagaraja bhagavathar ] ] and [ [ n. s. krishnan ] ] and director [ [ s. m. sriramulu naidu ] ]. while sreeramulu naidu was acquitted, thyagaraja bhagavathar and krishnan were found guilty first and convicted. bhagavathar and krishnan appealed to the [ [ madras high court ] ], but their appeals were turned down. the duo remained in jail until 1947, when an appeal to the privy council was successful and the council directed the sessions court to make a fresh retrial. bhagavathar and krishnan were found to be innocent and acquitted. < eod >"]