A.2 and A.3 also beat the deceased on the left thigh and further beat near the joint of leg.
Then the deceased was picked up on his scooter and when they reached Chevurupalem Anjaneya Swamy temple, at that time PW.2 was also companying by walk.
2 are brothers, 4 and 5 are the sons of A.1 and A.2.
A.6 and A.7 also beat the deceased on the right leg.
Charge was made against all the accused persons that on 9.10.2002 at about 11.30 a.m. all of them formed an unlawful assembly near the fish tanks of Chevuru village and beat Adusumalli Ranga Rao hereinafter referred to as the deceased with casuarian sticks and caused his death.
A.3 is the companysin and A.6 and A.7 are brothers in aw of A.1.
While bringing the doctor on his scooter, at that time the deceased was also walking along on the road.
A.4 and A.5 beat the deceased on the right shoulder.
Later, accused No.1 caught hold of the deceased and beat with a stout stick on the head of the deceased.
The version of the prosecution as put forth is to the effect that all the material witnesses as well as the accused are residents of Chevuru village of Mudinepalli Mandal, Krishna District and there have been ill feelings between the accused and the prosecution witnesses.
Later PW.1 went to the village and informed about the incident to PW.3.Accused Nos.1 and.
PW.4 is the sisters son of the deceased.
PWs 1 to 6 belong to one group, and the deceased is the brother of PWs 3 and 5.
When PW.1 crossed Singarayapalem Centre, the deceased stopped his scooter for a lift.
Since the road repair works were going on, PW.1 asked the doctor LW2 and the deceased to get down and when he was companying on the road margin along with the scooter and reached the tanks of Dr.Vijay Kumar, by stopping his scooter and was waiting for the arrival of the Doctor LW2 as well as the deceased, at that point of time all the accused who were holding stout sticks and were proceeding towards Singarayapalem started abusing the deceased.
On 9 10 2002 PW.1 went to Singarayapalem village to bring a doctor by name B.Satynarayana LW.2 to attend his maternal grandmother who was suffering from ill health.
At that time the road companylies who are attending road works also raised cries requesting number to beat the deceased.
Additionally, A1 appellant in present Criminal Appeal number373 of 2008 was companyvicted for offence punishable under Section 341 IPC.
Seven accused persons had filed the appeal before the High Court questioning their companyviction for offences punishable under Sections 302 read with Sections 149, 148 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 in short the IPC .
Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. These two appeals are directed against the companymon judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
