These are appeals preferred against the convictions and sentences of the learned Sessions Judge of Guntur Division in S.C.No.3 of 1951.

[His Lordship set out the facts of the case elaborately. The gist of it for purposes of this report are:The existence of two factions in a village, led to various civil, criminal, revenue and Election Tribunal proceedings and there was ill-feeling between the partisans on either side. A clash at the outskirts of the village between the rival factions resulted in the death of a member of one party and injuries sustained by the other members of either party. The police charged both sides separately. The Sessions Judge who heard both charge and counter having convicted and sentenced some of the accused under sections 325 and 232, Indian Penal Code, they appealed.]

The points taken by the learned counsel appearing for the accused are four in number, viz., (i) that Exhibit P-1 should not have been treated as the F.I.R.; (ii) that the investigation in this case was perfunctory; (iii) that both the cases should have been tried by the Sessions Court in quick succession with separate assessors and separate recording of evidence and that judgments s