JUDGMENT

C.Pratheep Kumar, J.

All these appeals are filed against the judgment dated 13.7.2020 in Sessions Case No.775/2016 on the file of the I Additional Sessions Judge, Thrissur. Crl.Appeal No.665/2020 was filed by the 2nd accused, Crl.Appeal No.606/2020 was filed by the 3rd accused, Crl.Appeal No.727/2020 was filed by the 8th accused, while Crl.Appeal No.880/2020 was filed by the State.

2. Altogether, there are eight accused persons in the above case. The trial court found the accused persons 1 to 3 guilty under Section 302 of IPC . The 4th accused was found guilty under Sections 202 and 212 of , while the 8th accused was found guilty under Section 212 of . The accused persons 1 to 3 were sentenced to imprisonment for life and fine, while A4 and 8 were awarded various terms of imprisonment. The trial court found the accused persons 5, 6 and 7 not guilty and they were acquitted.

3. As per the prosecution case, PW6-Subinlal, a friend of deceased Satheesan has a resort at Kodaikanal. On 27.2.2016 Subinlal along with deceased Satheesan, visited flat No.102 in Pinnacle Residency, wherein the 2nd accused Rasheed was residing on rent. On the same day, accused persons 2 and 3 along wit