While the first accused Rajammal and the third accused Murugesan in S.C. No. 2 of 1986 ion the file of the District Judge, Chengalapattu are the appellants in C.A. 729 of 1986, the Public Prosecutor has preferred C.A. No. 800 of 1989 to set aside the order of acquired of second accused Balasubramaniam and forth accused Asokan and convict them for the offences with which they were charged. Crl.r.C. No. 246 of 1987 is by P.W. 1 Panneer Selvam against the judgment of the trail Court acquitting the accused 2 and 4.

2. Fourth Accused Asokan is the husband of deceased Uma Porkodi. Their marriage took place on 24-3-1985. Third accused Murugesan and first accused Rajammal are the parents of the fourth accused Asokan. Second accused Balasubramaniam is the younger brother of the fourth accused. They were charged before the trail court under four heads. The first charge against accused 1 to 3 under S. 302 read with S. 34, I.P.C. was that on 18-6-1986 at about 10.00 a.m. in furtherance of their common intention they committed the murder of Uma Porkodi by manual strangulation. The second charge against the accused 1 and 3 under S. 4 of the Dowry Prohibitions Act, 1961 was that on 18