JUDGMENT :

N.Senthilkumar, J.

Challenging the judgment passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hosur, Krishnagiri in S.C.No.232 of 2016, dated 11.06.2019, the present appeal has been filed by the accused 1 & 2 respectively. A1 is the first appellant herein and A2 is the second appellant herein.

2.The brief facts of the prosecution case is that A1 and A2 jointly had committed murder of the deceased Sathish Kumar, who was aged about 8 years. A1 is a neighbour of A2 and A2 is the daughter-in-law of the defacto complainant. The defacto complainant's son Sankar had married A2. A1 and A2 had developed an illicit relationship while the defacto complainant's son Sankar, the husband of A2 was working at Bangalore as a driver.

3. According to the prosecution, on 01.09.2012, around 5.00 p.m., the deceased had informed his sister Maheswari PW6 that when he went to the house of A2, he had seen A1 and A2 in a compromising position. A1 and A2 intended to commit murder of the deceased to prevent him from informing others about their illicit relationship. Therefore, the accused 1 & 2 committed murder of the deceased and concealed the body from the scene of occurrence.

4. The murder took place a