COMMON JUDGMENT

Hariprasad, J.

This batch of criminal appeals and a revision petition arise out of the judgment in S.C.No.550 of 2013 on the file of the Additional Sessions Court-VI, Thiruvananthapuram. Six accused persons were charge-sheeted for offences punishable under Sections 120B , 396, 302, 201, 328, 465 and 471 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short, " IPC "). After examining 72 witnesses on the prosecution side and eight witnesses on the defence side and also after considering 244 documents exhibited for the prosecution, 25 documents for the defence, X1 series court exhibits and 143 material objects, the trial court came to a conclusion that the accused 1 to 5 are guilty of criminal conspiracy for committing murder, dacoity, forgery, using as genuine a forged document which is known to be forged, administering a stupefying drug on the deceased with intent to cause hurt and causing disappearance of evidence of the offence committed. Apart from the above, they found to have committed grave offences of murder and dacoity pursuant to the conspiracy hatched. Imprisonment for life, other sentences for different terms and fine have been imposed on them. 6^th