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This revision petition is preferred by the accused against the judgment in Criminal Appeal No.312 of 2001 of the Additional Sessions Judge, Thalassery. He was the accused in C.C. No.1027 of 1997 of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Mattnnur which was filed under Secs.457 and 380 read with Sec.34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC for short). The learned Magistrate acquitted A3 and convicted A1 and A2 under Sec.379 read with Sec.34 IPC and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for one year each. A4 is absconding hence his case was spilt up and refiled as C.C. No.290 of 2001. Against that, the 1st accused preferred the above Criminal Appeal, where the learned Sessions Judge confirmed the conviction and reduced the sentence to simple imprisonment for six months. Being aggrieved by that, the 1st accused preferred this revision petition.

2. The charge against the accused is that on

26.07.1997 at night the accused committed house breaking of Sahrudhaya Grandhaiya reading room situated at Nellicampoyil and thereafter committed theft of a Keltrone Company colour T.V. and thereby committed the offence. Ulikkal Police registered a crime and after completing investigation, l