P.DEVADASS,J.

1. Murugan @ Sakthivelmurugan @ Kuchimurugan and Muniasamy @ Chinnamuniasamy are A1 and A2 in S.C.No.111 of 2009 in the Court of Additional Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court No.I), Tuticorin.

2. A1 preferred Criminal Appeal No.311 of 2010, while A2 preferred Criminal Appeal No.420 of 2010 as against the judgment rendered by the said Sessions Court on 23.03.2010.

3. For convenient sake, throughout this judgment, we shall call the Appellants as A.1 (Criminal Appeal No.311 of 2010) and A2 (Criminal Appeal No.420 of 2010) as they were arrayed in the Trial Court.

4. In the said Court, they stood charged under Sections 341,294(b) and 302 IPC read with Section 34 IPC and Section 506(ii)IPC. The learned Additional Sessions Judge, found them not guilty under Section 294(b) IPC. However, found them guilty under Sections 341,506(ii) and 302 r/w 34 IPC.

5. A.1 and A.2 were sentenced as under:-

6. The learned Additional Sessions Judge directed all these sentences to run concurrently.

7. To bring home the charges, prosecution examined PWs.1 to 14, marked Exs.P1 to P22 and exhibited M.Os.1 to 9.

8. The case of the prosecution as set out in the said evidence proceed as u