This revision petition has been filed against the judgment of acquittal passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate No. II, Karur in C.C. No. 405 of 1996, dated 15-7-1997.

2. The short facts are :-

P.Ws. 1 and 2 are husband and wife. The accused are brothers. There is prior enmity between the P.Ws. and the accused regarding a vacant site. At the time of the occurrence, P.W. 1 was engaged in manufacturing rubber stamps and he was living at No. 10, Gurusamy Naidu Street, at Karur. At 10.00 p.m. on 15-1-1996, when P.W. 4 came down, from his house, the accused picked up a quarrel and beat P.W. 1 with a stick on his left cheek and lip. When P.W. 2, his wife came to prevent the same, the second beat her on the left leg palm with a stick and caused a grievous injury. Thereafter, P.Ws. 1 and 2 rushed to the police station and lodged a report, Ex. P-1, on which a case in Crime No. 358 of 1996 was registered by the Karur Police Station. P.W. 4, the doctor who examined P.W. 1 found a lacerated injury about 3" x 1/4" substaneous deep on the left side face and another lacerated injury on the lower lip measuring about 3" x 1/4" muscle deep and certified that both the injuries are simpl