S.NAGAMUTHU, J.

The appellants are the Accused Nos.1 and 2 respectively in S.C.No.187 of 2011 on the file of the learned III Additional Sessions Judge, Kallakurichi, Villupuram District. A1 stood charged for offences under Sections 342 and 302 of IPC; and A2 stood charged for offences under Sections 342 and 302 r/w 34 of IPC. By judgement dated 07.09.2012, the trial court convicted A1 for the offence under Section and 302 of IPC and convicted A2 for the offence under Section 302 r/w 34 of IPC and sentenced them to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-each in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year. A1 and A2 were acquitted of the other charge framed under Section 342 of IPC. Challenging the said conviction and the sentence, A1 and A2 are now before this court with this criminal appeal.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is as follows:-The deceased in this case was one Kannan @ Kannu Padayachi. He was a resident of Madhavachery Village. P.W.1 is the wife and P.W.2 is the daughter respectively of the deceased. There was a long standing enmity between the family of the deceased and the accused on account of a land dispute. It is fu