K. Natarajan, J.

This revision petition is filed by the accused-petitioner Nos.1 and 2 under Section 397 of Cr.P.C., challenging the judgment of conviction and sentence dated 29.01.2009/31.01.2009 passed by the Civil Judge (Jr.Dn.,) and JMFC, N.R. Pura, in C.C.No.520/2006, which was confirmed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Chikkamagaluru in Crl.A.No.35/2009 vide judgment dated 21.04.2011.

2. The petitioners herein are the accused and the respondent is the State before the Courts below. The ranks of the parties before the Courts below are retained for the sake of brevity.

3. The case of the prosecution is that on 24.10.2005, when Naveen Kumar, Forester of Kundur Section, along with his staff were on patrolling duty, they found four persons illegally carrying Teak wood logs on their shoulders and upon seeing the forest officials, they threw down the logs and fled away in two ferry boats, which were already kept ready by the side of Bhadra backwaters. The forest officials tried to catch them, but could not succeed. The forest officials identified four accused persons and other two remained unidentified. On verification, they found that six Teak wood logs were cut and shifted