THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.SAM KOSHY AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 529 OF 2016 JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice N.Tukaramji)

We have heard Mr.C.Sharan Reddy, learned counsel for the appellants/accused Nos.1 and 2 and Mr.Syed Yasar Mamoon, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, representing the respondent-

State.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction and sentence dated 20.06.2016 in S.C.No.125 of 2014 passed by the learned I Additional Sessions Judge, Nizamabad.

3. The appellants are accused Nos.1 and 2 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the accused Nos.1 and 2’), who were charged with offences punishable under Sections 302, 307, and 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘I.P.C.’). Accused No.1 has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 I.P.C. and sentenced to life imprisonment, along with a fine of Rs.5,000/-, and in default of payment, to undergo simple imprisonment for six months. He was also convicted for the offence under Section 307 I.P.C. and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for ten years, with a fine of Rs.5,000/-, and in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for six months. Accused No.2 was