1. The appellant in Crl.A.No.474 of 2006 is the 1st accused, the appellants in Crl.A.No.331 of 2006 are the 2nd and 3rd accused and the appellant in Crl.A.No.490 of 2006 is the 4th accused, in S.C.No.626 of 2004 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge, Poonamallee at Chennai. The accused 1 to 3 stand convicted for offences under Sections 342, 392 r/w 397 and 452 of I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months, for the offences under Section 342 of I.P.C., to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years for the offence under Section 392 r/w 397 of I.P.C., and to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years for the offence under Section 452 of I.P.C. The 4th accused has been convicted under Sections 392 r/w 109 of I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for four years. Challenging the above conviction and sentence, the appellants have come forward with these appeals.

2.The facts of the case in brief would be as follows:

(i)P.W.1 is a resident of the house bearing Door No.28, North Road, West C.I.T. Nagar, Chennai. P.W.2 is the brother of P.W.1. P.W.3 is the maid servant at the House of P.W.1. P.W.1's husband was working as a Teacher