Judgment

SIKRL, J: - Fifteen persons were tried by the learned Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam, on various charges under Sections 120-B, 148, 147, 447 302 read with 34, 302 read with 149, and 302. He acquitted accused Nos. 6, 13, 14 and 15 and convicted the Other accused under various sections. The High Court, on appeal, acquitted accused No. 12. Accused Nos. 2 and 8 have been released by the Government and accused No. 7 has recently died. We are left with the appeals of accused Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 and 11.

2. It was the case of the prosecution that at the time of the occurrence accused. No. 1 was armed with a single barrel gun, accused No.3 with a double barrel gun and accused No. 4 also with a double barrel gun, and the rest of the accused were armed with sticks etc. Out of the 15 original accused accused Nos. 1, 3,5 and 6 were residents of Chowduvada, accused No. 4 was resident of Pina Vemali and accused No. 7 was resident of Dwarapudi Accused Nos. 8 and 15 were from Rajam Bheemavaram and accused Nos. 9 to13 were from Sivarampuram and accused No. 14 was from Chodavaram.

3. The case of the prosecution, in brief, was that those accused formed into an unlawful assembly and in order to