COMMON JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice K.Suresh Reddy)

As all these three appeals arise out of the same Sessions Case i.e., Sessions Case No.412 of 2013 on the file of the Court of the learned X Additional District & Sessions Judge, Gurazala (for short, ‘learned Additional Sessions Judge’), they are being taken up together, heard and disposed of by way of this common judgment.

2. A.1 in the above Sessions Case is the appellant in Criminal Appeal No.2022 of 2018, whereas A.2 is the appellant in Criminal Appeal No.2977 of 2018, and A.3 is the appellant in Criminal Appeal No.349 of 2019. All the three appellants were tried by the learned Additional Sessions Judge under the following charges:

(i) 1^st charge was under Section 302 r/w 34 IPC against A.1 to A.3

(ii) 2^nd charge was under Section 120-B r/w 34 IPC against A.1 to A.3

(iii) 3^rd charge was under Section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 against A.1 to A.3, and

(iv) 4^th charge was under Section 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 against A.1 to A.3

3. Substance of the charge is that prior to 18.05.2012, A.1 to A.3 conspired to do away with the life of one Madasu Sambasiva Rao (hereinafter referred to as ‘the deceased’) and