JUDGMENT :

The complainant has filed this appeal under Section 372 of Cr.P.C. challenging the judgment of acquittal passed in S.C. No. 155/2012 dated 22.06.2015 by the Principal Sessions Judge, Kolar whereunder the respondent Nos. 2 to 15/accused Nos. 1 to 14 were acquitted for the offence punishable under Sections 144, 148, 323, 307, 504 and 302 read with Section 149 of Indian Penal Code.

2. The facts in brief are that there was a quarrel between the complainant and the accused. The accused had threatened the complainant to leave the village. On 18.08.2012 at 08.00 pm, when the complainant after having meals was talking in his house with his wife, mother, children, mother-in-law – Smt. Byamaa and sister – Smt. Reddamma, all the accused trespassed in to his house by abusing him in filthy language as `boli magane’ on the ground that inspite of directions given to him, he did not leave the village and threatened him and his family members. The accused were possessing knives, clubs etc., and he was assaulted by hands and was also kicked. When his sister Smt. Reddamma tried to intervene, she and his wife were assaulted and apprehending threat to his life, when he came out of the house, t