ORDER :

The revision petitioners are the accused 1 and 2 in C.C.No.27/2005 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Manjeri and the appellants in Crl.Appeal No.198/2006 on the file of the Additional Sessions Court, (Ad hoc)-I, Manjeri. The case arose out of a private complaint filed by the complainant against the accused 1 and 2 alleging commission of offence punishable under Section 500 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as 'the IPC').

2. The prosecution case can be summarized as hereunder:-

The accused are the brothers of the complainant. Their father Karuppan had filed O.S.No.9/2001 before the Sub Court, Manjeri against the accused and others in which the accused filed a written statement on 27.7.2001 alleging that the father has been staying along with the elder daughter and they have been living like husband and wife. It was further alleged that, when the mother saw an illicit relationship between the father and the daughter, she objected to the relationship and then the accused 1 and 2 supported the mother and did not acknowledge the illicit relationship. The complainant is the elder daughter of Karuppan and the accused 1 an