JALIGAM RAMESH Vs. STATE OF A P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) A-1 to A-5 in Sessions Case No.74 of 1996, on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge at Nizamabad, who were convicted of the offence punishable under Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code (for brevity 'IPC') and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years each, are the appellants in this appeal.

(2.) Originally, before the Court below, A-1 to A-6 were put on trial of the offence punishable under Section 304-B IPC. A-6 died during the pendency of the Sessions Case and A-2 i.e., father of A-l died during the pendency of this appeal. Now, the appeal of A-l and A-3 to A-5 survives for consideration.

(3.) The charge framed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge against the accused is as follows :