JUDGMENT :

C. PRAVEEN KUMAR, J.

1. A1 and A2 in Sessions Case No. 167 of 2012 on the file of the X Additional District and Sessions Judge, Tirupati, are the appellants herein.

2. They were tried for the offences punishable under Sections 302 r/w 34 of Indian Penal Code (I.P.C.) or in alternative under Sections 302 I.P.C. 201 r/w 34 I.P.C. and 392 I.P.C.

3. Vide judgment dated 02.05.2015, the learned Sessions Judge convicted both the accused under Section 302 r/w 34 I.P.C. and sentenced them to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 500/- each in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for one month each. They were also convicted under Section 201 r/w 34 I.P.C. and each one of them was sentenced to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of three years and also pay a fine of Rs. 500/- each in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for one month each. Both the appellants were also found guilty under Section 392 I.P.C. and sentenced to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of three years and pay a fine of Rs. 500/- each in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of one month each. All the substantive sentences were directed to run concurrently. The remand