P. KRISHNAMARAJU Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE appeals arise out of a judgement and order dated 15th November, 2011 and also sentence order dated 16th November, 2011 passed by the learned Special Judge, A & N Islands, Port Blair in Special Case No.4 of 2011 whereby and whereunder the accused persons namely, P. Krishnamaraju (Appellant in Criminal Appeal No.008 of 2011), Abdul Rasheed (Appellant in Criminal Appeal No.003 of 2012), M.J. Vijayan (Appellant in Criminal Appeal No.001 of 2012) and Abdul Salam(Appellant in Criminal Appeal No.002 of 2012) were convicted for commission of offences punishable under Sections 409 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code amongst others and sentenced as hereunder:-

(2.) BY the aforesaid judgement and order dated 15th November, 2011, the learned Special Judge acquitted the accused M.P. Arun. Challenging the said order of acquittal an appeal has also been filed by the State being Government Appeal No.001 of 2012.

(3.) ON the basis of the investigation, a prima facie case was made out against all the accused persons namely, P. Krishnamaraju, M.J. Vijayan, Abdul Salam, Abdul Rasheed and M.P. Arun. Thereafter, on 24th June, 2011, upon considering the materials on record and also hearing both the parties, charges were framed against all the aforesaid five accused persons.