1. These appeals are directed against the judgment passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Guntur in S.C. No. 209 of 1991 dated 18-5-1995. Criminal Appeal No. 336 of 1995 is filed by the accused Nos. 1 to 3, 5 to 13, 15 to 19, 26 and 38; and Criminal Appeal No. 337 of 1995 is filed by A.14, A.20 and A.35. During the pendency of the trial, A.36 and A.41 died. Before the Sessions Court, A.1 to A.44 were tried for various offences, the details of which are shown hereunder :
The accusation made against the accused is that on 24-4-1990 at 6.00 p.m., all the accused armed with axes, bombs, spears, sticks and stones caused the death of one Yadla Siva Ramiah near the house of Malladi Nageswara Rao and during the course of same transaction caused injuries to Peruboyina Venkataswami (P.W. 1) and Peruboyina Srinivasa Rao (P.W. 2).

2. The story of the prosecution reads as follows :
All the accused and P.Ws. 1 to 7 are residents of Ikkurru village, situated in the local limits of Narsaraopet. The deceased - Yadla Siva Ramaiah is also the resident of the same village. The Kammas and Mutharasis are the dominant communities in the village. There is factional enmity between the factions of the accused