On appeal against acquittal filed by the State before the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, the appeal was allowed and the appellants A 1 to A 4 were companyvicted and sentenced as mentioned above.
Against these companyvictions, the present appellants have preferred this appeal to this Court.
On February 9, 1969 P.W. 16 and the Inspector of Tadipatri Went to Cherlepalli for the purpose of investigation where P.W. 16 received information that a dead body was lying near the Railway gate at Taticherla.
From the Judgment and Order dated the 31st December, 1970 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Criminal Appeal No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by FAZAL ALI, J. Appellants A 1 to A 3 have been companyvicted under s. 302 read with s. 34 I.P.C. as also under s. 148 P.C. They are also companyvicted under S. 364 read with s. 34 P.C. A 1 to A 3 have been sentenced to imprisonment for life under s. 302 read with S. 34 and A 4 has been awarded the same sentence under s. 302 read with s. 149 I.P.C. Under s 364 read with s. 34 the four appellants have been awarded five years rigorous imprisonment each.
As the High Court had awarded the sentence of life imprisonment after reversing the order of acquittal passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, the appeal to the Supreme Court lies even on facts and as a matter of right under s. 2 of the Supreme Court Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1970.
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal No.
Basi Reddy and G. Narayanarao, for the appellants.
92 of 1971.
868 of 1969.
147 and 148 I. P. C. The accused had been acquitted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Anantpur, in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
Rama Reddy and P. P. Rao, for the respondent.
In view of the sentences passed, numberseparate sentence was imposed under ss.
