(1.) By this common Judgment, the following Criminal Appeals are being disposed of.
(2.) The aforementioned Criminal Appeals are preferred by the respective 'appellants' [henceforth referred to as 'accused' for the sake of convenience] assailing the 'Judgment dated January 28th, 2020' [henceforth 'impugned Judgment' for the sake of brevity] passed by 'The Principal Sessions Court, Sivagangai' [henceforth 'Trial Court' for the sake of brevity] in Sessions Case No.14 of 2015 in which both the accused were convicted and sentenced as follows:
(3.) The case of prosecution case, in brief, is as follows: