JUDGMENT

Hanchate Sanjeevkumar, J. - The above appeal is filed challenging the judgment of conviction and order on sentence dated 20.09.2012 passed in Sessions Case No.89/2010 by the Court of Principal Sessions Judge at Raichur.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows ;-

On 20.04.2009 at about 6.45 a.m. the complainant who is a driver of KSRTC bus bearing Reg.No.KA-36-F-457 was coming from Dinni Village to Raichur and PW.18 is the conductor of the bus and the bus after passing Rampur Canal at that time the bus was stopped as the signal was given by six persons and those six persons threatened the bus driver and they were with spade and kerosene bottles and they immediately started damaging the glasses of the windows of bus and the passengers of the bus have alighted and thereafter the accused have set fire to the bus by pouring kerosene on the seat and threatened the driver and conductor of the bus and the bus was burnt to ashes.

PW-10 is the complainant being driver of the bus had lodged a complaint as per Ex.P.19 before the police. Based on the first information statement Ex.P.19 the Investigating Officer has started investigation and filed charge sheet for the offence punis