JUDGMENT

(Common Prayer: Criminal Appeals filed under Section 374(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, to call for the records in S.C.No.123 of 2015, on the file of the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thiruvarur dated 30.07.2019 and set aside the judgment dated 30.07.2019.)

Common Judgment:

Sunder Mohan,J.

1. These appeals have been filed by Accused Nos.2 and 3, challenging the conviction and sentence imposed upon them vide judgment dated 30.07.2019 in S.C.No.123 of 2015 on the file of the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thiruvaur.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their ranking before the trial Court.

3. (i) The case of the prosecution is that A1/Krishnaraja was a notorious criminal and had several cases against him; that A1 wanted to do away with the deceased, whom he thought was a police informer; that on 12.01.2014, A1 along with the appellants, went to the house of the deceased Selvaraj at 6.30pm and the deceased was standing near his compound gate; that A1 attacked the deceased with a sickle on the head of the deceased;