1. The State by PSi, Gandhinagar Police Station, Bellary laid a charge sheet against the appellants/accused for the offences punishable under Sections 324, 504, 506, 307 read with Section 34 of IPC. After committal proceedings, a case in SC No.69/2004 was registered on the file of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bellary.

2. The brief facts on which basis the charge sheet was filed are:

The complainant - Mr. Raj Mohan Reddy (PW-2) lodged a report stating that he was running a Tea Powder shop in Royal Complex, Bellary. The accused and the complainant are related to each other. The first accused has taken a loan of Rs.2 lakhs from the complainant. In spite of repeated requests and demands, the first accused did not re-pay the said loan amount and he was absconding for more than a year prior to the date of the incident. It is also alleged that the accused No.1 has also taken loan from PW-5 - Rameshwar Reddy. In order to demand the accused for repayment of the said loan on the date of the incident i.e., on 11.12.2013, PW-2 and PW-5 went to the shop of the accused persons situated in Royal complex, Bellary. In fact, the accused persons started abusing the PW-2 and PW-5, with filthy