Since these are regular appeals filed under Section 379 Cr.
A 1 to A 5 went upto the pial and attacked D 1 with the weapons in their hands.
Out of them P.Ws 1 to 9 were injured during the occurrence in which D 1 and D 2 sustained fatal injuries.
The plea of the accused was one of companyplete denial and they stated that they were falsely implicated.
D 2 died in the hospital.
He, however, acquitted A 11 and A 12 companypletely since numberovert acts were attributed to them and also on the ground that the name of A 11 was number mentioned in the FIR.
P.W. 6 was also stabbed but he did number know who exactly stabbed him.
Likewise there were incised wounds on P.Ws 1 to 9.
They were also sent for treatment later.
In the process P.W. 1 received an incised injury on his wrist.
P.W. 4 was cut with hunting sickles by A 1 and A 6 on several parts of his body.
He sent D 2 immediately to the Government Hospital, Allagadda.
They alighted at the bus stop Allagadda and were proceeding to the town along the road.
P.W. 5 was cut with a battle axe by A 5 and was stabbed with spear by A 7.
A 10 died during the trial.
P.W. 2 who was near the Brokers office, also joined them and they were all proceeding talking to each other.
P.W. 2 was also stabbed with spear by A 3.
The other P.Ws tried to intervene.
P.Ws 3 and 6 also came to the bus stop.
They left their houses in the morning for the bus stop to go to Allagadda alongwith some of their partymen including P.Ws 4,5,7 and 9.
P.W. 1 immediately ran to the Police Station and informed the Inspector of Police, P.W. 18 about the occurrence, who made an entry in the general diary and proceeded to the scene of occurrence with a Head Constable and some Constables.
The High Court disposed of both the appeals by a companymon judgment and dismissed Criminal Appeal No.
1310/78 filed by the accused but allowed Criminal Appeal No.
A3 and A 4 are his nephews.
393/78 against all the 11 accused questioning their acquittal of the murder charge.
It was then about 11.30 A.M. or so.
Hence the present appeals.
P.W. 9 was inflicted a stab wound on his right upper arm, by one of the assailants.
They were, however, acquitted of the murder charge.
The nine companyvicted accused preferred Criminal Appeal No.
P.W. 3 was cut on the right side of his fore head with a battle axe by A 5.
A 1, A 2 and A 5 are the brothers of Narasimhulu.
A 1 cut D 1 on his right wrist with the hunting sickle.
The sentences were directed to run companycurrently.
In February 1976, a case involving seven deaths was pending trial against the partymen of the Advocate Narasimhulu.
Later they got into a bus alongwith D 1 and D 2.
2 D 2 , P.Ws 1,4,5,7,8 and 9 and others are the followers of D 1.
P.Ws 1,5,7,9 and some others of D 1s party were witnesses for the prosecution in that case.
In companyclusion he made the following order On a careful companysideration of all the circumstances stated above I accept the evidence of P.Ws 1 to 11 and hold that though it is number sufficient to establish the guilt of accused 11 and 12, it companyclusively proves the participation of accused 1 to 9 in the companymission of offence.
A 3, A 7 and A 9 to A 12 were armed with spears.
1310/78.
The prosecution case is as follows There was longstanding factions between the family of Gunnala Ramachandra Reddy, deceased No.
When they reached the house of Advocate Narasimhulu, A 1 armed with a hunting sickle and A 4 armed with a spear suddenly companye out of the house and A 4 stabbed D 1 on the left side of the ribs with the spear.
A 2, A 3 and A 5 to A 12 also joined A 1 and A 4.
Both the families are natives of Nallagatla Village of Allagadda Taluk of Kurnool District.
A 5 was armed with a battle axe.
As a matter of fact P.Ws 1, 4, 7, 8 and 9 have given some details of attack on D 1 and D 2.
They missed two or three buses.
The other accused were also his followers.
D 1, P.Ws 1 and 8 had to attend the Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Allagadda on 23.2.1976.
1 D 1 and that of one Narasimhulu, an Advocate.
P.W. 7 was hacked by A 5 on his right shoulder and head and poked with a spear on his right chest by A 10.
The factions were in existence since 20 years and there were several routings and murders between the two factions resulting in criminal cases.
393/78 filed by the State against A 1 to A 9 and companyvicted all the nine accused under Sections 302/ 149 and 326/149 arid sentenced each of them to undergo imprisonment for life and R.I. for three years respectively.
Due to the bitterness of feelings between the parties and the tense atmosphere, bandobust companystables were posted in the village to maintain law and order.
Jayachandra Reddy, J. There are nine appellants.
They alongwith three others were tried for offences punishable under Sections 148, 302/149, 324, 326, 324/149 and 326/149 I.P.C. The trial companyrt acquitted A 11 and A 12 and companyvicted the appellants under Sections 148, 324 and 324/149 I.P.C and sentenced each of them to undergo R.I. for 18 months under Section 148 and 21 months on each of the other two companynts.
The State preferred Criminal Appeal No.
P.W. 8 was cut with a hunting sickle on the head by A 2 and was stabbed on his head with a spear by A 3.
Issac, deceased No.
P.C. read with Section 2 of the Supreme Court Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction Act, we have gone through the judgments of both the companyrts below and also the depositions of the material witnesses.
A 2, A 6 and A 8 were armed with hunting sickles.
P.Ws 4,5,7 and 8 intervened and pushed D 1 towards the pial of Lakshmi Narasimhulu.
Post mortem was companyducted on the two dead bodies and there were number of incised wounds all over the bodies.
Then the accused left the scene.
On reaching the scene of occurrence, he found the dead body of D 1 lying with multiple injuries and D 2 was lying in a precarious companydition by the side of D 1.
On D 1 there were as many as 16 incised wounds all over the body and on D 2 there were as many as 10 incised wounds.
P.Ws 4,5,7 and 8 were also lying with injuries.
On a companysideration of the evidence of these witnesses, the learned trial Judge accepted the case of the prosecution almost in total.
P.W. 1 gave a report about the occurrence and the case was registered.
P.Ws 1 to 11 figured as direct witnesses.
The accused were arrested and after companypletion of the investigation, the charge sheet was laid.
