JUDGMENT :

M. R. Shah, J.

As common question of law and facts arise in this group of appeals and as such arise out of the common impugned judgment and order passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam, all these appeals are decided and disposed of by this common judgment and order.

2. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned common judgment and order passed by the Division Bench of the High Court, by which the High Court has dismissed the said appeals preferred by the respective Accused Nos. 1 to 3 and has confirmed the judgment and order of conviction and sentence imposed by the learned trial Court convicting the original Accused for the offences punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC (original Accused Nos. 1 & 2), for the offences punishable under Section 120B of the IPC (original Accused Nos. 1 & 3) and for the offences punishable under Section 302 read with Section 114 of the IPC (original Accused No. 3) and convicting the original Accused Nos. 1 & 2 for the offences under Section 379 read with Section 34 of the IPC, the original accused Nos. 1 to 3 have preferred the present appeals.

3. As per the case of the prosecution,