PANDAPPA HANUMAPPA HANAMAR Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal under Section 379, Cr.P.C. is directed against the judgment of the Karnataka High Court in Criminal Appeal No. 149 of 1989 whereby it set aside the acquittal of the two appellants of the charge under Section 302 read with Section 34, I.P.C. recorded in their favour by the Additional Sessions Judge, Bijapur in Sessions Case No. 39 of 1987 and convicted and sentenced them thereunder.

(2.) But briefly, the prosecution case is as under:

(3.) Both the appellants pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against them and contended that they had been falsely implicated. A1 also took a specific defence that Sundarappa and Mangalappa of their village had got them implicated in the case with a view to getting the land of the deceased.