JUDGMENT :

(M.G. UMA, J.)

The appellants in Crl.A.No.191/2014 being accused Nos. 1 and 2 and the appellant in Crl.A.No.235/2014 being accused No.3 in Spl.C.No.26/2011, on the file of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Special Judge, Chitradurga are impugning the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 24.02.2014, convicting them for the offence punishable under Sections 323 , 324, 504 r/w Section 34 of INDIAN PENAL CODE (for short 'IPC) and under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short 'the SC/ST Act') and sentencing to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year for the offence punishable under Section 323 r/w Section 34 of IPC; to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years with fine of Rs.1,000/- each for the offence punishable under Section 324 r/w Section 34 of IPC; to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years for the offence punishable under Section 504 r/w Section 34 of IPC; to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years with fine of Rs.1,000/- each for the offence punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST Act, with defau