IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.M.SHAFFIQUE &

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN TUESDAY ,THE 21ST DAY OF AUGUST 2018 / 30TH SRAVANA, 1940 CRL.A.No. 1718 of 2013 AGAINST THE JUDGMENT IN SC 238/2011 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT-

II (SPECIAL), KOTTAYAM DATED 7-12-2013 CRIME NO. 766 /2009 OF Ettumanoor Police Station, Kottayam APPELLANTS/ACCUSED NOS.1, 2 AND 4:

1 SHIJI, AGED 40 YEARS, S/O.JOSEPH (LATE), KURUVIKKUNNEL (VADAKEMALA), ETTUMANOOR VILLAGE, KOTTAYAM.

2 SHIJO AGED 36 YEARS S/O.JOSEPH (LATE), KURUVIKKUNNEL (VADAKEMALA), ETTUMANOOR VILLAGE, KOTTAYAM.

3 PRAKASAN AGED 50 YEARS S/O.NEELAKANDAN, KUNNEL VEETTIL, (VADAKKEMALA), VETTIMUKAL BHAGOM, ETTUAMANOOR VILLAGE.

BY ADVS.

SRI. P. VIJAYA BHANU (SR.)

SRI. M. REVIKRISHNAN SRI. VIPIN NARAYAN RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT:

STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM BY ADV.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.NICHOLAS JOSEPH THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON

17.01.2018, THE COURT ON 21/8/2018 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

JUDGEMENT

Shaffique, J.

The appeal is filed by accused 1, 2 and 4 challenging the conviction and sentence, by which the Sessions court found them guilty of h