The accused persons have filed these criminal appeals

against the impugned judgment of conviction dated 22.02.2017

and order of sentence dated 25.02.2017 made in Sessions Case

No.33/2013 on the file of the V Additional District and Sessions

Judge,

Dakshina

Kannada,

Mangaluru,

Sitting

at

Puttur,

Dakshina Kannada, convicting the accused Nos.1 and 2 for the

offences punishable under the provisions of sections 449, 302,

392 read with section 34 of Indian Penal Code (hereinafter

referred to as <IPC= for short).

2.

It is the case of the prosecution that, the accused

No.1 is the resident of Karkalli, Bane House of Nagarror Village

of Somawarpete Taluk of Kodagu District and married to the

daughter of Puthumonu, resident of Kodankeri of Kodimbala

Village, Puttur Taluk. Accused No.2 is the resident of Muriyala

House of Uruvalu Village of Belthangady Taluk and married the

daughter of Mammunhi, resident of Kodengeri of Kodimbala

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Village, Puttur Taluk, situated nearby the house of the wife of

the accused No.1. They came to know each other while coming

to their in-laws house and became close to each other. Accused

No.2 earlier supplied laterite stone and sand to one Baby @

Thomas while