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HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
K SURESH REDDY, K SREENIVASA REDDY, JJ.
D. Naga Gopal Reddy, S/o. D. Krishna Reddy – Appellant
Versus
State Of AP., Rep PP., Rep by Public Prosecutor High Court at Hyderabad – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(K. Sreenivasa Reddy, J.)
These Criminal Appeals are preferred against the judgment dated 09.03.2017 in Sessions Case No.379 of 2014 on the file of the IV Additional District Judge, Kurnool.
2. Originally, a case in crime No.56 of 2013 of Dhone Rural Police Station was registered against A.1 to A.13. Police, after completion of investigation, deleted names of A.2 to A.4 and A.6, and filed charge sheet against the other accused viz. A.1, A.5, A.7 to A.13. The learned Sessions Judge framed charges for the offences - punishable under Sections 148 read with 149; 302 read with 149; 307 read with 149 and 427 read with 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘IPC’) against A.1, A.5, A.7 to A.13. After full-fledged trial, vide the impugned judgment, the learned Sessions Judge found A.5, A.7, A.8, A.9, A.11, A.12 and A.13 not guilty of the offences punishable under Sections 302 read with 149 IPC; 307 read with 149 IPC and 148 read with 149 IPC and found A.1, A.5, A.7 to A.13 not guilty of the offence punishable under Section 427 read with 149 IPC, and accordingly, acquitted them of the respective charges.
3. The learned Sessions Judge found A.1 and A.10 guilty of the offences
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