JAYACHANDRA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) ALL the six accused in S. C. No. 29/1980 on the file of the learned sessions Judge, Nellore are the appellants. They are found guilty under section 148 I. P. C. and each of them is sentenced to undergo two years rigorous imprisonment. They are also convicted under Section 302 read with Section 149 I. P. C, and each of them is sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life. A-1 is further convicted under Section 324 I. P. C. and sentenced to suffer one year rigorous imprisonment.

( 2 ) THE prosecution ease is as follows. All the six accused and the material witnesses in the case are the residents of Nellore town; One ingifala Suresh kumar, hereinafter referred to ai the deceased, is a resident of rayapu Malawada, Nellore town and he was working as an employee in ridha-Madhav theatre. P. W. 3 and one Chitti Babu are his brothers. There have been misunderstandings between the accused on one hand and the deceased and his brothers on the other. About one and half years prior to the occurence, one Navakoti Sukumar, an associate of A-1 was murdered and Chitti Babu, the brother of the deceased and the deceased figured as accused, but the case ended in acquittal. Abo

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