JUDGMENT :

Raja Vijayaraghavan, J.

These appeals have been preferred by the accused Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 in S.C.No. 507 of 2013 on the file of the IV Additional Sessions Judge, Thrissur. They were charged along with two others for having committed offences punishable under Sections 120B, 143, 147, 148, 341, 324, 326, 302, 201, 118, 212 r/w. Section 149 of the IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959.

2. By the impugned judgment,

A. the accused Nos. 1, 2 and 4 to 6 were found guilty and were sentenced

a) to undergo simple imprisonment for six months and to pay a fine of Rs.1000/- each under Section 143 r/w. Section 149 of the IPC with a default clause;

b) to undergo simple imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/- each under Section 147 r/w. Section 149 of the IPC with a default clause;

c) to undergo simple imprisonment for 1 month and to pay a fine of Rs. 500/- each under Section 341 r/w. Section 149 of the IPC with a default clause;

d) to undergo simple imprisonment for three years and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/- each under Section 324 r/w. Section 149 of the IPC with a default clause;

e) to undergo rigorous imprisonment for eight years and to pay a fine of Rs.25,000/- each