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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
Y.Lakshmana Rao
Kamanuri Narasimha Rao – Appellant
Versus
State of AP – Respondent
ORDER :
Y. Lakshmana Rao, J.
Criminal revision case has been preferred under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C’) challenging the judgment dated 31.10.2012 in Crl.A.No.157 of 2012 on the file of the learned VI Additional District and Sessions Judge, Markapur, allowing the criminal appeal in part confirming the conviction and sentence against the petitioner for the offence under Section 323 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE , 1860 (for brevity ‘the I.P.C’), vide judgment dated 01.08.2012 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Podili, in C.C.No.190 of 2008 setting aside conviction and sentence against the petitioner, A2 to A10 for the offences under Section 353 read with 149 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE , 1860 (for short ‘the I.P.C’) and conviction and sentence against A2 to A10 for the offence under Section 323 r/w 149 of ‘the I.P.C’.
2. I have heard the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor.
3. Sri I. Koti Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, while reiterating the grounds of the revision, submitted that no independent witnesses were examined; P.Ws.1 to 3 are the police c
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