Mr. S. NAGAMUTHU, J.

1. The respondent Nos. 1 to 5 in Criminal Appeal (MD) No. 300 of 2006 are the respondent Nos. 2 to 6 in Crl. RC. (MD) No. 441 of 2006. They are the accused in S.C. No. 5 of 2001, on the file of the learned Second Additional Sessions Judge/Fast Track Court No. II, Tuticorin. The respondents 7 to 12 in Crl. RC. (MD). No. 441 of 2006 are the accused 6 to 12 in the said case. Thus, altogether, there were eleven accused in the said case. There were as many as five charges framed against the accused as detailed infra. By judgment dated 7.4.2006, the Trial Court acquitted all the eleven accused. Aggrieved over the same, the State has come up with Criminal Appeal (MD). No. 300 of 2006 challenging the acquittal of the accused Nos. 1 to 5 alone. The State has not preferred any appeal in respect of the rest of the accused 6 to 11. The petitioner in Crl. RC. (MD) No. 441 of 2006 is the wife of the deceased and she is also the first witness for the prosecution during trial. Challenging the acquittal of all the eleven accused, she has come up with Crl. RC. (MD). No. 441 of 2006. That is how, the above Criminal Appeal (MD). No. 300 of 2006 and Crl. RC. (MD). No. 441 of