P.N. Prakash, J.

Prayer in Crl.A.(MD).Nos.264 of 2016 and 101 of 2019: Appeals are filed under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the Judgment dated 18.04.2016 made in S.C.No.53 of 2015 on the file of the Principal Sessions Court, Srivilliputhur.

Crl.A.(MD).No.352 of 2016: Appeal is filed under Section 372 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to call for the records and enhance the punishment for the offences under Sections 364-A and 302 IPC from life sentence to death sentence in S.C.No.53 of 2015, dated 18.04.2016 on the file of the Principal Sessions Court, Srivilliputhur, Virudhunagar District.)

1. The appellants are accused Nos.1 and 2 in S.C.No.53 of 2015, on the file of the Principal Sessions Court, Srivilliputhur. The Trial Court framed three charges against the accused, as detailed below.

2. By a judgment and order dated 18.04.2016, the Trial Court convicted the accused and sentenced them, as under:-

Accused	Section