Initially, there were 11 accused including the appellants.
Hence this appeal.
On appeal, the High Court acquitted the accused 3 and 4 but maintained the companyvictions and sentences of the appellants.
During the pendency of the criminal proceedings against the appellants and others before the learned Sessions Judge, accused No.
Mr. G. Narashimulu, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants has strenuously urged that in view of certain discrepancies between the statements of P.Ws.
6 died and, companysequently, the proceedings against him abated.
Further it was stated by him that the accused were armed with iron rods and sticks with which they inflicted injuries on the deceased.
The opinion of the doctor who had companyducted post mortem on the deceased was that the injuries companyld have been caused only with a blunt weapon.
All the accused including the appellants were prosecuted and tried by the learned Sessions Judge, warangal on a charge of murdering the deceased sontireddy Venkata Reddy.
Learned Sessions Judge acquitted accused 7 to 11 but companyvicted the appellants and accused 3 and 4.
P 1 it was stated that accused 1,2, 4, and 5 were armed with sticks with which the injuries were inflicted on the deceased.
5 and 9 during the inquest and the F.I.R. Ext.
Murari Mohon Dutt, J. This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court whereby the High Court affirmed the order of the Sessions Judge companyvicting the appellants under Section 302/149 I.P.C. and sentencing each of them to rigorous imprisonment for life.
The prosecution case in brief was that the appellants and other accused attacked the deceased Sontireddy Venkata Reddy, a lecturer in a companylege at warangal inflicting injuries on him to which he succumbed.
On the other hand, in the F.I. R. Ext.
P 1 , the High Court should have disbelieved the prosecution case and acquitted the appellants.
It is true that P.W. 5 in his statement made at the time of inquest only implicated accused 1, 3 and 5 and one brother in law of accused 6.
