S. NAGAMUTHU, J.

1. The appellant is A1 in S.C. No. 152/2002 on the file of the learned II Additional Sessions Judge, Chennai. Including the appellant, there were a total number of seven accused. Pending trial, A6 (Rajesh) died. By Judgment dated 24.02.2005, the Trial Court acquitted A2 to A5 and A7, viz., Sekar @ Umai Sekar @ Umaikottan Sekar, Soori @ Gajendran, Kunjan @ Siva @ Ponnusamy, Dana @ Danasekaran and Auto Raj @ Samsaraj, from all charges and convicted the appellant alone for the offences u/s. 148, 341 and 302 read with 149 IPC and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life for the offence u/s. 302 IPC to undergo 2 years rigorous imprisonment for the offence u/s.148 IPC and to undergo one month simple imprisonment for the offence u/s. 341 IPC. Challenging the said conviction and sentence, the appellant/A1 is before this Court, with this appeal.

2. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is as follows:-

(a) The deceased in this case was one Mr. Kannan. There was enmity between A1 and the deceased. On 05.06.2000, at about 8.00 p.m., P.W.1 and the deceased were coming in a motor-cycle. The deceased was the pillion-rider. When they were passing through Erran Stree