JUDGMENT :

C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, J.

These two appeals are filed by accused Nos.1 and 2, respectively, in Sessions Case No.69 of 2011 on the file learned II Additional Sessions Judge, Guntur. Both of them have been charged by the Court below as under.

"Firstly:-

That you A.1 decided to do away with the deceased- Battula Srinivasa Rao and sought the help of A.2 who readily accepted for the same since the deceased Battula Srinivasa Rao suspended you A-1 from service in view of office matters, and that you A-1 accompanied with A.2 on 10th day of July, 2010 near Basara road while the deceased- Battula Srinivasa Rao (Chief Executive Officer, Office of the Guntur Co-operative Urban Bank Limited, Guntur) was proceeding to his house by walk, both of you came from opposite side on the bike driven by A.1 of you bearing No.AP7 AP 3797 and stopped the bike and in the meanwhile, A.2 in furtherance of common intention to do away with the Battula Srinivasa Rao caught hold of the deceased while A.1 of you beat on the head of the deceased - Battula Srinivasa Rao with cricket bat and murdered him with pre-plan in view of the longstanding disputes in office matters and that you A-1 thereby committed an of