JUDGMENT :

G. Jayachandran, C. Kumarappan, JJ.

(Prayer : Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374 (2) of Cr.P.C., to call for the records from the lower Court relating to S.C.No.640 of 2015, on the file of the IV Additional Sessions Court, Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli District, and set aside the judgment dated 05.03.2020, by acquitting the appellants.)

1. This Appeal is preferred by the appellants / Accused Nos.1 and 2 being aggrieved by the judgment of the trial Court, in S.C.No.640 of 2015, dated 05.03.2020.

2. The first appellant /A1 tried for the offences under Sections 294(b) and 302 of I.P.C. The second appellant /A2 tried for the offences under Sections 294(b) and 302 read with Section 109 of I.P.C.

3. The gist of the charges against them was that, on 02.08.2015, at about 11.30 p.m., the appellants / A1 and A2 went to the house of the deceased Jeevankumar, abused him in filthy language and threatened him with dire consequences, for not withdrawing the complaint given on 05.01.2015 against them in Crime No.7 of 2015. For using filthy language in the public, both the appellants 1 and 2 alleged to have committed the offence punishable under Section 294(b) of I.P.C. In furtherance of the