Judgment

K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY, J.-

The three appellants herein (original accused 1 to 3) have been convicted by the trial court under Sections 302/34, 379/34 and 201 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment, two years and five years RI respectively. The appeal preferred by them has been dismissed by the High Court. Hence the present appeal. The prosecution case is as follows.

2. The deceased Mylapalli Venkataramana was working as a taxi driver of the Car AAV 6885 belonging to PW 6. The deceased had a valid driving licence, MO 13. A-l, a resident of Anakapalli, was in occupation of Room No. 11 in Seaking Lodge in Visakhapatnam. A-2, whose mother was living with her second husband at Allahabad and having incurred the displeasure of her maternal grandfather, (PW 19) came and occupied Room No. 17 in the same lodge. A-3 was an associate of A-2. All the three accused became close associates. On 27-12-1978, PW 13, the driver of another taxi, received a phone call from the Manager of the lodge at 2.30 p.m. informing him that the persons occupying Room No. 11 required a taxi. PW 13 accordingly went to the lodge and gave a lift to A-1 to A-3 along with a girl to Alankar Theatre. After disembarkin