PRADEEP D. WAINGANKAR, J.

All these appeals are arising out of the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 20.04.2011 passed by the I Addl. Sessions Judge at Mysore in S.C.No.18/2006, whereby all the accused Nos.1 to 7 have been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 120-B, 364, 302, 201 r/w Section 149 of IPC and have been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine.

Crl.A.No.605/2011 is filed by accused Nos.1 and 2, Crl.A.No.543/2011 is filed by accused No.3, Crl.A.No.612/2011 is filed by accused Nos.6 and 7 and Crl.A.No.801/2011 is filed by accused Nos.4 and 5. Since all these appeals are arising out of the same judgment, they are disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The prosecution case in brief is stated as under:

On 18.09.2005 at about 10.30 p.m., Smt. Mahadevamma (PW.1) the mother of the deceased-Babu alias Balakrishna lodged a written complaint (Ex.P1) before Kuvempunagar Police Station, Mysore, alleging that her 4th son Babu was looking after the Cable Network business of his brother M.C. Balaram (PW.5); at about 10.00 p.m. on the same day, one Manjunath (PW.4) who was working with Balaram informed her that he along w