JUDGMENT

(Common Prayer:Criminal Appeals filed under Section 374(2) of Cr.P.C. against the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge (PCR), Tiruchirapalli, made in Special Session Case No.35 of 2005 dated 31.01.2019.)

Common Judgment:

R. Subramanian, J. & N. Sathish Kumar, J.

All these four appeals arising out of the judgment passed in Special Session Case No.35 of 2005 on the file of I Additional District and Sessions Court (PCR), Tiruchirapalli, dated 31.01.2019. Originally, final report was filed as against 12 accused for the offences under Sections 120(b), 147, 148, 149, 302, r/w 34, 302, 201 IPC, u/s 3(1) (x) and 3(2)(v) of SC/ST (POA) and Section 4 of TNPPD Act for meticulous execution of brutal attack and killing three persons of the opposite group. During pendency of the criminal trial, A1, A3 and A9 died. Therefore, the charges against them were abated. The trial Court found A2, A6, A8 and A10 guilty of the offences under Sections 148, 341 r/w 149 (3 counts) and Section 302 r/w 149 IPC (3 counts). The appellants/A2, A6, A8 and A10 stood convicted and sentenced to undergo imprisonment as detailed hereunder: