S.Ashok Kumar, J.: The appellants are the accused, who were convicted by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Madurai for an offence punishable under Sec.302 read with Sec.34, I.P.C. imprisonment for life and 5 years imprisonment for alleged offence punishable under Sec.307 read with Sec.34, I.P.C. Aggrieved over the said judgment and conviction, this appeal has been preferred by the appellants.

2. The brief facts of the case are follows:

The appellants were residents of Servaikaranpatti, within Kallikudi Police Station limits, Madurai district. A-1 is the father of A-2 and A-4; and husband of A-6 (since acquitted). A-2 is the younger brother of A-4. A-3 is the son of elder brother of A-1, A-5, since acquitted is the brother-in-law of A-3. A-6 since acquitted, is the wife of A-1 and mother of A-2 and A-4. P.Ws.1 and 2 are brothers. P.W.3 is mother of P.Ws.1 and 2 and P.W.4 is their father. P.W.5 is the daughter of deceased Chidambaram. Deceased Chidambaram is the husband of P.W.4’s niece (sister’s daughter). They were also residing in the same village. The accused had enmity with P.W.4’s family over a vacant land lying south of A-1’s land and north of P.W.4’s house. Th

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