JUDGMENT

K.N. Phaneendra, J.—The State by PSI, Gandhinagar Police Station, Bellary laid a charge-sheet against the appellants/accused for the offences punishable under Sections 324, 504, 506, 307 read with Section 34 of IPC. After committal proceedings, a case in SC No.69/2004 was registered on the file of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bellary.

2. The brief facts on which basis the charge sheet was filed are:

The complainant - Mr. Raj Mohan Reddy (PW2) lodged a report stating that he was running a Tea Powder shop in Royal Complex, Bellary. The accused and the complainant are related to each other. The first accused has taken a loan of Rs.2,00,000 from the complainant. In spite of repeated requests and demands, the first accused did not re-pay the said loan amount and he was absconding for more than a year prior to the date of the incident. It is also alleged that the accused No.1 has also taken loan from PW5 Rameshwar Reddy. In order to demand the accused for repayment of the said loan on the date of the incident i.e., on 11.12.2013, PW2 and PW5 went to the shop of the accused persons situated in Royal Complex, Bellary. In fact, the accused persons started abusing the PW2 and PW5,