Rest of the accused persons were acquitted.
After the death of the deceased, the Sections of law were altered in the crime through the alteration memo.
The Sarpanch called A 1 and informed about the incident.
Then the deceased ran out from the house.
The accused denied the charges and claimed for trial.
The deceased ran into the house and bolted the door.
A 1 admitted his guilt in the presence of PWs.9 and On the same day at about 6 00 PM, A 1 to A 16 came to the house of the deceased and attacked him.
The present appeals are by A7 to A9 and A 13.
The deceased purchased an Auto and was plying in between Sulthanabad and Neerukulla.
They beat the deceased indiscriminately.
Some of the accused were armed with iron rods and axes.
Later, the deceased was taken in an Auto to the Government Hospital, Sulthanabad.
P.C. statement of PW 3 was marked.
High Court by a companymon judgment disposed of four appeals numbered as Criminal Appeal Nos.
The prosecution, in order to prove the guilt of the accused, examined PWs.1 to 22 and marked Exs.
The accused were arrested and weapons were recovered.
On the advise of the Doctor, they went to the Police Station and gave Ex P 1 report.
In the meanwhile, when PW 2 intervened to rescue the deceased, A 1 beat him with a stick.
P 1, the police registered a crime for the offences under Sections 147, 148, 448, 307, 327 read with 149 of I.P.C. Thereafter, the deceased and PW 2, who received injuries, were referred to the Government Hospital, Karimnagar.
P .1 to P 39.
A 3 broke the doors and all the accused entered the house and beat the deceased.
On 03 07 2003 morning, PW 1 and the deceased went to the house of the Sarpanch and raised a dispute.
On 02 07 2003 at about 9 00 PM, the deceased returned to his house from Sulthanabad and informed PWs.l to 3 that when he requested A 1 and A 2 to travel in his Auto as per the serial number, they refused to travel in his Auto and beat him.
A 1 beat the deceased with a stick.
The accused chased and beat him indiscriminately.
In appeal, High Court upheld the companyviction of A1, A3, A7 to A9, A12 and A13 and sentence of imprisonment for life as imposed by the trial companyrt.
After companypletion of the investigation, the police laid the charge sheet.
On the basis of Ex.
The accused, deceased and the material witnesses are residents of Neerukulla village.
Background facts in a nutshell are as follows PW 1 is the wife,.
1114, 1128, 1130 and 1155 of 2005.
Finally, the deceased fell down at the Gram panchayat office on receipt of the injuries.
PW 2 is the father, PW 3 is the mother, PW 4 is the brother and PW 5 is the sister in law of the deceased.
The Inspector of Police took up investigation, prepared the rough sketch, observed the scene of offence, held inquest over the dead body of the deceased, seized M.Os.1 and 2 and later sent the dead body for postmortem examination.
The deceased, while undergoing treatment, succumbed to the injuries.
Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. Leave granted.
Appellants question companyrectness of the judgment rendered by a Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Sixteen persons including the appellants faced trial for alleged companymission of offences punishable under Sections 147,148, 448 read with Sections 149, 302 read with Section 149 and Section 324 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 in short the IPC Learned III Additional Sessions judge, Karimnagar for each one of them guilty.
In support of the appeals learned companynsel for the accused persons submitted that the companyviction is based primarily on the evidence of witnesses who were related to the deceased.
