ORDER :

1. Leave granted.

2. The Appellant-Sri Uppa @ Manjunatha (A5) was tried along with six others i.e. Rama, Padma, Thimma and Lokesh (A1 to A4 respectively) Ramakrishna and Narayanaswamy (A6 and A7 respectively) in the court of Xth Additional City Sessions Judge, Bangalore in Sessions Case No. 461/04 for offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, Section 341 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 302 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code. Vide order dated 05/01/2006 learned Sessions Judge acquitted A6 and A7 of all the offences. He acquitted A1 to A7 of the offence punishable under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. He, however, held A1 to A5 guilty of the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148 of the Indian Penal Code, Section 341 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 302read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code. For the offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code A1 to A5 were sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 2,000/-, in default to undergo six months simple imprisonment. For the offence punishable