JUDGMENT :

C. Praveen Kumar, J.

Accused No.1 to 10 in Sessions Case No.135 of 2008 (wrongly mentioned as Sessions Case No.138 of 2008) on the file of the learned VII Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court), Visakhapatnam are the appellants herein. They were tried for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 452 and 324 read with 34 I.P.C.

2. Vide judgment, dated 13.01.2016, A-1 and A-2 were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years each and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/- each, in default, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three months each for the offence punishable under Section 449 I.P.C.; A-1 to A-10 were sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/- each, in default, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three months each for the offence punishable under Section 302 I.P.C. read with 34 I.P.C.; and A-7 and A-8 were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months each for the offence punishable under Section 324 I.P.C. The substantive sentences imposed on A-1, A-2, A-7 and A-8 were directed to run concurrently.

3. The substance of the charge levelled against the accused is that on 07.11.2007, at about 22.00 hours