JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, to set aside the conviction and sentence made in S.C.No.185 of 2008 on the file of the District and Sessions Judge, Nagapattinam, dated 19.03.2012.)

(Heard through Video conferencing)

R.N. Manjula, J.

1. The Appellants have filed this Appeal challenging the conviction and sentence made in S.C.No.185 of 2008 on the file of the learned District and Sessions Judge, Nagapattinam, dated 19.03.2012.

2. There were totally 7 accused in this case. Since two of the accused were absconding, the case against them was split up. In view of that the remaining accused against whom the case was conducted by the Trial Court in S.C.No.185 of 2008 were re-arrayed as A1 to A5.

3. The facts of the case in brief:

3.1. A.1 to A.7 are close associates and they are the residents of Puthu Theru, Mayiladuthurai. On 08.11.2005 at about 10.00 pm, P.W.1 Premkumar, the son of the deceased, was conversing with one Chithra and that was objected by A1 to A5; in view of that there occurred a wordy quarrel between them and the a