JUDGMENT :

C. Praveen Kumar, J.

1. A1, A5, A6, A9, A10 and A11 are the appellants herein. Originally, these six [06] accused alongwith six [06] more were tried on seven [07] charges.

All the sentences were directed to run concurrently.

2. The gravamen of the charges against the accused is that, on 11.5.2008 at about 1.00 p.m., all the accused found themselves into an unlawful assembly and in pursuance of common object of that assembly, caused the death of one Telugu Ranganna ['deceased'] near Gokulapadu Village. Further, A3 is said to have caused hurt to PW 5 by means of dagger, while, A1 is said to have caused injuries to A6. Apart from that, all the accused threatened PW 1, PW 3 and PW 5 with dire consequences.

3. The facts, as culled out, from the evidence of prosecution witnesses are as under:

(i) All the accused and the material witnesses are residents of Gokulapadu Village, Krishnagiri Mandal, Kurnool District. A1 and A2 are brothers. A10 is the son of A9. A9 is the son of A2, A3, A4 and A12 are brothers and A6, A7 and A8 are brothers inter se.

(ii) PW 3 is the elder brother of PW 1. All the material witnesses know the accused as they are residents of the same village. The father o