JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(2) Cr.P.C., praying to set aside the judgment of conviction and sentence, dated 25.04.2019, in S.C.No.51 of 2015, on the file of the Principal Sessions Court, Namakkal.

1. This Criminal Appeal is filed against the judgment of conviction and sentence, dated 25.04.2019, passed by the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Namakkal, in S.C.No.51 of 2015.

2. The respondent police registered a case against the appellants in Crime No.70 of 2014 for the offences under Sections 120-B, 302 and 201 r/w.34 IPC. After the investigation, they laid a charge-sheet against the appellants before the Judicial Magistrate Court No.I, Namakkal, for the offences under Sections 302 r/w.120-B, 302 r/w. 34 and 201 r/w. 302 IPC. The learned Magistrate had taken the charge-sheet on file in P.R.C.No.6 of 2015, and after completing the formalities, he committed the case to the Principal Sessions Court, Namakkal, since the offences are triable by a Sessions Judge.

3. The learned Principal Sessions Judge, Namakkal, had taken the case on file in S.C.No.51 of 2