JUDGMENT :

N.SENTHILKUMAR, J.

Challenging the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Dharmapuri dated 31.10.2019 made in S.C. No.31 of 2015, the appellants herein/accused 1 and 2 have preferred this criminal appeal. Both the appellants/accused 1 and 2 were convicted and sentenced as follows:

2. The case of the prosecution is that A1 and A2 had illicit relationship, which was objected by the deceased, husband of A2 and hence A1 and A2 had decided to eliminate the deceased. Both A1 and A2 had called the deceased to A2's mother's place and on 13.08.2014, A1 had attacked and inflicted injury on the left side of the head of the deceased and all over his body with the handle of a spade and A2, with a wooden reaper, had caused injury on the head, ear and left neck of the deceased and the deceased succumbed to the injuries caused to him.

3. In order to prove prosecution case, as many as 27 witnesses were examined as PWs.1 to 27 and 35 documentary evidence were marked as Exs.P1 to P35 and 11 material objects were produced as MO