JUDGMENT :

G.ILANGOVAN, J.

1. This Criminal Appeal has been filed against the Judgment passed by the IV Additional District and Sessions Court, Madurai, in S.C.No. 179 of 2015, dated 11.04.2018.

2. The case of the prosecution is that both the accused/appellants herein are friends and the mother of the first accused and the deceased had illegal intimacy and because of this intimacy, the first accused developed enmity against the deceased and he along with the second accused, who is his friend conspired to kill the deceased. In furtherance of which, the deceased was invited to the place of occurrence and both of them caused severe stab injuries, which resulted in his death on 17.12.2013 at about 09.00 p.m. instantaneously, they also removed the Cell phone, ATM card, Driving licence, Gold chain weighing 1½ sovereigns from the deceased and fled away from the place of occurrence.

3. Based upon the complaint given by one, the father of the deceased, a case in Crime No.456 of 2013 was registered by the respondent police and after completing the investigation, filed the final report before the learned Judicial Magistrate No.II, Usilampatti, which was taken on file in P.R.C.No.37 of 2014 and a