JUDGMENT :

The present criminal appeal is directed against the conviction and sentence, dated 16.12.2015, made in S.C.No.319 of 2015, on the file of the Sessions Court, Mahalir Neethimandram (Fast Track Mahila Court), Thoothukudi.

2. The appellants are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 8 in the above referred case. They stood charged for the offences punishable under Sections 148, 147, 452, 294(b), 324 r/w 149 and 506(ii) of IPC and Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act and Section 3(i) of Tamil Nadu Public Property Damages and Loss Act. All the accused denied the charges as false and opted for trial. Therefore, they were put on trial on the charges.

3. After full-fledged trial, the learned Sessions Judge, Mahalir Neethimandram (Fast Track Mahila Court), Thoothukudi, came to the conclusion that the appellants were found guilty for the following offences and accordingly, they were convicted and sentenced as follows:-