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Challenging the conviction and sentence passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Special Court for Trial of Bomb Blast Cases, Coimbatore in S.C.No.89 of 2016, dated 11.09.2021, the present Criminal Appeal has been filed.

2. The fact of the case is that on 07.09.2015, at about 2.00 a.m., when the defacto complainant, who is the driver of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, had driven the bus bearing registration No. TN 45 N 3505, from Singanallur towards Trichy, near Sowdambikai Textiles, the appellants/accused along with one juvenile Shiyam were quarreled with each other in the middle of the road. When the defacto complainant and the conductor of the bus, namely Chandrasekaran, questioned the same, the accused abused them with filthy language and A1 thrown a brandi bottle on the rear side of the bus and the remaining accused also thrown stones on the rear side of the bus and thereby caused damage to the bus to the tune of Rs.6000/-. In pursuance of complaint, a case in Crime No.716 of 2015 was registered under Sections 204(b) of IPC and Section 3(1) of Tamilnadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act.

3. Based on the materials, the Trial Court framed charges as a