ORDER

Petitioners herein are accused Nos.1 to 5 in C.C.No.436/1996 of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Attingal. They were convicted and sentenced by the learned Magistrate for the commission of offences under Sections 143 , 147, 148, 452, and 324 r/w Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code , 1860.

2. The sentence awarded was Rigorous Imprisonment for three months under Section 143 IPC , Rigorous imprisonment for six months under Section 147 , Rigorous Imprisonment for one year under Section 148 , Rigorous Imprisonment for two years under Section 452 and Rigorous Imprisonment for two years under Section 324 r/w Section 149 . The sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

3. Though the petitioners preferred appeals before the Sessions Court, Thiruvananthapuram, the learned First Additional Sessions Judge, who considered their appeals, declined to interfere with the findings of the learned Magistrate, and accordingly, confirmed the conviction and sentence awarded by the Trial Court. However, it was made clear in the judgment rendered by the Appellate Court that if the petitioners are undergoing sentence of imprisonment for life in any other case, the sentence of impr