( 1 ) ON the morning of 7-3-1957, between 7-30 and 8 a. m. , a serious rioting with deadly weapons took place in the village of Nemilladinne, in the course of which two persons were butchered in cold blood and five others, who went to their rescue, received injuries at the hands of the rioters. The two murdered persons, who were brothers, were Venkatrami Reddi and Ella Reddi, and will be referred to hereinafter as Deceased-1 and Deceased-2 respectively. The injured persons were Rami Reddy (P. W. 1), Ramakka (P. W. 2), Venkatamma (P. W. 3), Subbamma (P. W. 4) and Balanna (P. W. 5 ). P. W. 1 is the father of the deceased. P. W. 2 is the sister of the deceased; P. W. 3 is the wife of P. W. 1s brother; P. W. 4 is the widow of Deceased-1 and P. W. 5 is a partisan of the Deceased. Deceased-1 sustained a gun-shot wound to the forehead besides 10 incised wounds on his body caused by spears and hatches, and death was due to shock and haemorrhage as a result of multiple fractures of skull bones and ribs, and injuries to the vital organs viz, brain, left and right huigs and liver. Deceased-2 sustained a gun shot wound in the thigh and as many as 36 incised wounds all over his body c