JUDGMENT :

J. Nisha Banu & N. Anand Venkatesh, JJ.

PRAYER: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(2) of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, against the judgment and order, dated 25.09.2019 in S.C.No.105 of 2013 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Mahalir Fast Track Court, Theni.

The appellants, aggrieved by the judgment and order of the learned Session Judge, Mahalir Fast Track Court, Theni, made in S.C.No.105 of 2013, dated 25.09.2019, convicting each of the appellants for offence under Sections 302 and 201 IPC and sentencing them to undergo Life Imprisonment and fine of Rs.10,000/-, in default, to undergo 2 months Rigorous Imprisonment for offence under Section 302 IPC and to undergo 7 years Rigorous Imprisonment and fine of Rs.10,000/- in default, to undergo 2 months Rigorous Imprisonment for offence under Section 201 IPC, have filed this Criminal Appeal.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the appellants had a property dispute with P.W-5, who is the brother of A1. Four or five days prior to the date of occurrence, the accused persons wanted to remove their agricultural produce and hence, sought for the permission of P.W-5 to take it through their pathway and P.W-5 and his wife Anu