JUDGMENT

P.VELMURUGAN, J

This Criminal Appeal has been filed by P.W.6/Guna challenging the order of acquittal dated 19.04.2018 passed in S.C.No.271 of 2012 on the file of the II Additional District and Sessions Court, Cuddalore @ Chidambaram.

2. The case of the prosecution is that A1 had an illicit relationship with Sarala, the wife of the de-facto complainant, P.W.1 Shanmugam. About four months prior to the occurrence, Sarala eloped with A1. When A1 later returned to the village, the villagers questioned and scolded him, which resulted in prior enmity. On 06.06.2011, at about 8.00 p.m., due to the said enmity, A1 along with A2 to A11 came to Mariamman Kovil Street, Pudur Maduvangarai Village, in a tractor belonging to A3 and a two-wheeler. They were armed with iron pipes, soda bottles, stones and other weapons. A1 went to the house of P.W.1 Shanmugam and abused P.W.2 Malarkodi in filthy language, stating that he would live in the village along with Sarala. When the deceased