JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal is filed under Section 378 of Cr.P.C., to set aside the judgment of acquittal of the respondent/accused passed in C.A.No.13 of 2012 [common judgment passed in C.A.Nos.12/2012 & 13 of 2012] dated 04.10.2012 by the Learned Principal Sessions Judge, Thiruppur.)

1. These two appeals are preferred by the State against the order of acquittal rendered by the Principal Sessions Judge, Tiruppur, in a common judgment passed in C.A.No.12 of 2012 & C.A.No.13 of 2012, dated 04.10.2012.

2. The facts of the prosecution is that, one Ramasamy respondent in Crl.A.No.265 of 2013 and his two sons Saravanan/respondent in Crl.A.No.261 of 2013 and Sudhakaran [A3] were running a driving school in the name of “Kavitha Driving School at door No.55/27, Railway Feeder Road, Tiruppur. They conspired to fabricate fake RC book for stolen vehicle and sell it to gullible purchaser. Pursuant to the said conspiracy, the RC book for the Maruti car bearing registration No.TN-37-N-6966 was fabricated. The registration number of the car was fraudulently changed as TN-59-D-3616 and with the fabricated RC book sold the car to one Mathivanan, on 15.02.1997, for a sum of Rs.1,17,500/- The said