JUDGMENT

G.Girish, J.

Both these appeals are filed against the judgment dated 29.04.2017 of the Special Court for NIA Cases, Ernakulam in S.C.No.2/2015 NIA. The accused Nos.1 to 4 are the appellants in Crl.A.No.443/2017, and the 5^th accused is the appellant in Crl.A.No.433/2017. The Special Court had found all the appellants guilty of commission of offence under Sections 10 , 13, 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and convicted them thereunder. They were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and fine Rs.2,000/- under Section 10 , rigorous imprisonment for three years and fine Rs.3,000/- under Section 13 , rigorous imprisonment for three years under section 38 and rigorous imprisonment for three years under section 39 of the . Aggrieved by the aforesaid conviction and sentence, the appellants are before this Court with these appeals.

The Prosecution Case

2. Accused Nos.1 to 5 are activists of a terrorist outfit by name RDF which is a frontal organisation of CPI (Maoist). They organised a meeting in a lodge room at Mavelikkara on 29.12.2012 for the formation and commencement of activities of the students’ wing of the above organisation. The o