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RAJA VIJAYARAGHAVAN V., JOBIN SEBASTIAN
RAJEESH @ MAKKU, S/O. RAJENDRAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Jobin Sebastian, J.)
The accused Nos.1 to 5 in S.C.No.600 of 2016 on the file of Additional Sessions Court, Irinjalakuda has preferred this appeal assailing the finding of guilt, conviction, and sentence passed against them for offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 341, 323, 324, 307, 302 r/w. Section 149 of the IPC and Section 27(1) of Arms Act, 1959.
2. The facts of the case in brief are as follows:-
b) In furtherance of the common object of the assembly, the 3rd accused approached PW1 and suggested settling the dispute between him and the 2nd accused, inviting PW1 and his friends for a compromise talk. Trusting the words of the 3rd accused, PW1, accompanied by his friends Sreejith (CW2), Prasanth (CW3), Melwin, and Viswajith, proceeded to Nandhikkara-Mapranam Road for the talk. While t
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