A 3 had hired the tractor belonging to the deceased about 5 or 6 years prior to the date of occurrence and he was to pay him a sum of Rs.3000/ towards the hire charges but as this amount had number been paid over a period of time, PW 10 Kona Bapiraju intervened in the dispute and pursuant to a settlement, A 3 had paid the hire charges.
This appeal arises out of the following facts Four persons, A 1 Anisetti Veerabhadra Rao, A 2 Anisetti Venkata Ramana, A 3 Anisetti Ramulu and A 4 Anisetti Sesharatnam were put on trial for offences punishable under Section 448 read with Section 34, 302 and 302 read with Section 114 of the Indian Penal Code.
The accused were however slighted and aggrieved as they felt that a personal dispute had been made public by the deceased and as a companysequence of this ill will, A 1 and A 2 had often threatened him with dire companysequences.
As per the prosecution story the four accused were closely related to each other A 1 and A 2 being the sons of A 3 and A 4.
The houses of the accused and that of Yanamandra Subba Rao since deceased were separated by a path.
He attempted to ward off the blows but his right hand got severed in that process.
A 1 and A 2 thereafter caused several other injuries to the deceased.At about 600 p.m. on the 12th August, 2001 the deceased was sitting in front of his house when A 1 and A 2 attacked him.
