JUDGMENT

SHAFFIQUE, J.

These batch of Criminal Appeals are preferred by the accused against the conviction and sentence passed by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge –I, Thiruvananthapuram vide judgment dated 27/04/2013 in Sessions Case No. 1540 of 2009 arising out of Crime No. 51/2007 of the Pettah Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram. Crl.A.No.628/2013 is filed by the 10th accused, Crl.A.No.864/2013 is filed by the 6th accused, Crl.A.No.918/2013 is filed by accused Nos.7 and 11, Crl.A.No.1205/2013 is filed by the 9th accused and Crl.A.No.538/2015 is filed by the 3rd accused.

2. The case of the prosecution is that accused 1 to 11 conspired together over a period of time, on different occasions, to murder Krishnakumar @ Aprani Krishnakumar. On 20/02/2007, Krishnakumar attended the Court of Judicial First Class Magistrate – II, Thiruvananthapuram in connection with C.P No. 21 of 2007. After attending the Court, around 12.15pm, he along with his friends including PW1 and PW2 got into an Indica car with registration number KL-01-AF-2078 and drove towards Chakkai bypass. It is alleged that in furtherance of the conspiracy hatched among A1 to A11, accused nos. A1 to A8, having entertained