(1.) Since both these criminal appeals arise out of the same judgment, they have been heard together and a common judgment is delivered.
(2.) These appellants were convicted by the Sessions Court in Sessions Trial No. 2 of 1980 after being tried under Sec. 302, IPC and have, been sentenced to undergo R.J. for life for having committed the murder of one Gunanidhi on 25-8-1985 at about 7.00 p. m. in village Fulcum.
(3.) The short facts of the prosecution case are as follows :