SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.

1. All these Appeals are preferred by various accused in MCOCA Special Case No.01 of 2006 on the file of the learned Special Judge, at Pune. The Criminal Appeal No.243/13 is preferred by the original accused Nos.5 and 6. The Criminal Appeal No.244/13 is preferred by the accused Nos.2, 10 and 11 and however, subsequently the accused No.2 wanted his Appeal to be heard separately and therefore on his behalf, separate Appeal memo was filed and the Criminal Appeal on his behalf was numbered as Criminal Appeal No.871/18. The Criminal Appeal No.20/13 is preferred by the original accused No.4. Since all these Appeals arise out of same set of facts and since in all these Appeals, the same judgment of the trial Court is challenged, all these Appeals are disposed of by this common judgment. For the sake of convenience all the Appellants in these different Appeals are referred hereinafter by their status as the accused in the MCOCA Special Case No.1 of 2006.

2. To further clarify, the names of the accused before the trial Court are as under;

Accused No.1 - Mohammed Ali Abbas Ali

Accused No.2 - Prasad Jagannath Shetty

Accused No.3 - Jagmalsing Bhuraram Choudhary

Accused