(1.) Leave granted.
(2.) Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of a Division Bench of the Madras High Court altering the conviction of the appellant from offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short the IPC ) to Section 341 Part I IPC and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years.
(3.) By the common judgment two Criminal Appeals were disposed of. Appeal filed by K. Periyapandian, the co-accused, was allowed and he was acquitted.