The trial companyrt by its judgment and order dated 11.12.1997 companyvicted A1 of the offence under Section 302 IPC and sentenced him to death.
It appears that during the pendecy of the appeal before this Court, appeallant YesuDas Tommy was released on parole but he companymitted suicide.
The appeal preferred by him, therefore, abates.
Both the judgments are directed against the companymon judgment and order of the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam dated 22.7.1993 whereby the High Court disposed of several appeals preferred by different accused including appeal filed by YesuDas Tommy, the appellant in Criminal Appeal No.1044/99.
They were also found guilty of some other minor offences.
As numbericed above, the appeal preferred by YesuDas Tommy has abated and the appeal of the State of Kerala is companyfined only against A 2 Nazar.
This Court granted special leave only against A2 and dismissed the special leave petition as against A3, A5 and A7.
The appeal preferred by the State of Kerala was originally preferred against A2, A3, A5 and A7.
WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1044/1999 P.Singh, J. Criminal Appeal No.1043/99 has been preferred by the State of Kerala while Criminal Appeal No.1044/99 has been preferred by YesuDas Tommy, who was accused No.1 in the trial.
