Judgment

DAS GUPTA, J.: The three respondents, Venugopal, Rangaswamy and Subbaiah were tried along with one Mittala Kamal Sab by the Session Judge, Anantapur Division, on a number of charges. Kamal Sab was acquitted of all the charges against him, but these three respondents were convicted of several offences. All three of them were convicted under Ss. 348, 331, and 201 read with S. 109 of the Indian Penal Code. Venugopal was further convicted under S. 343 of the Indian Penal Code. For the offence under S. 348 the respondents were sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for two years; for the offence under S. 331 of the Indian Penal Code each of them was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for five years; for the offence under S. 201 read with S. 109 of the Indian Penal Code they were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three years each. Venugopal was sentenced to one year s rigorous imprisonment under S. 343 of the Indian Penal Code. All of them were acquitted of the charge under S. 302 read with S. 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The sentences imposed on them were directed to run concurrently. These orders of conviction and sentence were set aside by the High Court of Andhra Prad