1. The appellants in Crl.A.No.956 of 2002 are arrayed as A5, A7 and A8; the appellant in Crl.A.No.984 of 2002 is arrayed as A2; the appellant in Crl.A.No.998 of 2002 is arrayed as A1; the appellant in Crl.A.No.991 of 2002 is arrayed as A3 and the appellant in Crl.A.No.1008 of 2002 is arrayed as A6 in C.C.No.1 of 1987 on the file of the First Additional Sessions Judge cum Chief Judicial Magistrate, Krishnagiri. Pending appeals, the 1st accused S.Murugan, 6th accused M.A.Yesudoss and the 3rd accused viz., A.N.Vedhachalam died.

2. The trial Court, under judgment, dated 14.06.2002, has convicted the appellants/accused and sentenced them as follows:

Rank of the accused	Conviction for the offence under section	Sentence imposed by the trial Court
A2	120(B) of IPC   167 of IPC   420 of IPC   5(1)(d) r/w 5(2) of PC Act	to undergo RI for 1 year   to undergo RI for 2 years   to undergo RI for 2 years and imposed a fine of Rs.1000/- i/d, to undergo 3 months imprison