( 1 ) THIS is a petition to quash the committal order which was made by the Judicial Second Class Magistrate, Sattenapalli, in the following circumstances. The accused, three in number, are residents of Dechavaram village, a village said to be predominantly faction-ridden. P. Ws. 5 to 11 belong to one party and the accused to the other party. On 3oth September, 1959, Kanakampati Setharamamma, wife of A-1 met her death by drowning in a well. According to the prosecution, that day the deceased and her brother-in-law fell out on some matter in their field, and, as a result, while returning home at about 10 A. M. , she jumped into a well to commit suicide. Dandakoti Subbarao who happened to see her jumping into the well, raised an alarm immediately. Thereupon some persons came running to the well, but it took sometime for them to take her out of the well, and by that time her life had become extinct. A-1 and A-2 were made aware of the facts leading to the death of the deceased. They were convinced and even sent messages to the relatives through certain persons to the effect that the deceased had committed suicide by falling into the well. But then it occurred to them that this was the

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