COMMON JUDGMENT:

These two Criminal Appeals, filed by the State of A.P., represented by the learned Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, under Section 378 (3) & (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “Cr.P.C.”), are directed against the judgment, dated 10.04.2001, in Crl.A.No.1 of 2000, on the file of the learned IV Additional Sessions Judge, Krunool, whereunder and whereby the accused were found guilty of the offences punishable under Sections 324 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, “I.P.C.”), but they were ordered to be released under the provisions of Section 4 (1) of the Probation of Offenders Act (for short, "the Act") and placed under the supervision of the Probation Officer on probation for a period of one year. The trial Court, by its judgment, dated 20.12.1999, in C.C.No.138 of 1998, found Accused Nos.3 and 4 guilty of the offence punishable under Section 326 I.P.C. and Accused Nos.1, 2 and 5 were found guilty of the offence punishable under Section 326 read with 34 I.P.C. and each of them is sentenced to under Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/- each, in default to underg