JUDGMENT :

Ashok Bhushan, J.

1. These appeals have been filed against judgment dated 09.07.2013 of High Court of Andhra Pradesh, allowing the Criminal Appeal No. 340 of 2009 and Criminal Revision Case No. 643 of 2008. Criminal Appeal was filed by the State of A.P. and Criminal Revision was filed by Somarowthu Laxmi Samrajyam, wife of Siva Sankara Rao deceased. The High Court vide its judgment has set aside the order of the Trial Court acquitting the accused and has convicted the accused under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC. The accused aggrieved by the judgment of High Court, convicting them have come up in these appeals.

2. The prosecution case briefly stated is:

All the accused and the de facto complainants are permanent residents of Vellaluru village. Two factions, one of the accused party and another of complainant party had been attacking each other and several criminal cases had been registered against both the factions. One Satyanarana, belonging to the complainant party was killed on 07.02.2003, for which a case in Crime No. 08 of 2003 of Ponnur Rural Police Station was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148 and 302 read with 149 IPC. While so, an