THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V. VENUGOPAL CRIMINAL APPEAL Nos.2634 & 2604 OF 2018 COMMON JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice K.Surender)

1. Heard Sri P. Prabhakar Reddy, the learned counsel for the appellants-accused Nos.2 and 3 in Criminal Appeal No.2634 of 2018, Sri G. Jithender Reddy, the learned counsel for the appellant-accused No.4 in Criminal Appeal No.2604 of 2018, and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent.

2. Both the appeals are filed, aggrieved by the judgment dated 31.08.2018 in S.C.No.237 of 2012, passed by the V Additional Sessions Judge, at Bhongir District convicting the appellants/accused Nos.2 to 4 for the offence under Sections 302 r/w 34 of IPC and sentencing them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- each, in default of which they shall undergo simple imprisonment for one month.

3. The case of the prosecution is that the appellants- accused Nos.2 to 4 are the brothers-in-law of accused No.1 (acquitted). There were differences between accused No.1 and one Maragani Venkataiah (deceased). The deceased was running a kirana shop-cum-tent house at Rusthapur village and also in