IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT : PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1896 of 1999 (Criminal Appeal under Section 377 (1) Cr.PC, to revise the order of the court of the Principal Assistant Sessions Judge, Kakinada, made in S.C.No.195 of 1998, dated 17-2-1999) Between: The Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderbaad Appellant AND 1. Marneedi Venkata Appa Rao, S/o. Venkanna 2. Marneedi Suribabu, s/o. Venkata Appa Rao, 3. Marneedi Venkateswarlu, S/o. Venkata Appa Rao, 4. Somarwothu Appa Rao, S/o. Jaggayya, 5. Somarwothu Nookaraju, S/o. Appa Rao, (All are R/o. Thondangi Village) Respondents The appeal coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memo of grounds filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of the Public Prosecutor for the appellant, the Court made the following ORDER: “The present appeal is filed by the State to enhance the sentence imposed on the respondents for the offence u/Sec.326 I.P.C. As seen form the record, the respondents/accused filed Criminal Appeal No.56 of 1999, challenging their conviction and sentence, which is pending before the III Addl. Sessions Judge, Kakianda. In order to avoid conflicting decisions, if any, if the two appeals are disposed of by two different courts, it is desirable that the appeal preferred by the respondents/accused is also heard by this court along with the present appeal. Criminal Appeal No.56 of 1999 is, accordingly, suomotu withdrawn from the file of the III Addl. Sessions Judge, Kakinada, for hearing along with this appeal. Registry to take steps to get the records of the Crl.Appeal No.56 of 1999 from III Addl. Sessions Court, Kakinada. Since the appeals are of the year 1999, Post the appeals after four weeks finally for hearing after the preparing paper book” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. T h e III Addl. Sessions Court, Kakinada East Godavari District.(BY SPEED POST)(along with a copy of petition and grounds) 2. The Principal Assistant Sessions Judge, Kakinada, E.G. District. 3. The Section Officer, Criminal Section, High court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 4. Two CC to Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 5. One Spare Copy. KK HIGH COURT KCBJ DT. 14-3-2008 NOTE: POST THE APPEALS AFTER FOUR WEEKS FOR FINAL HEARING ORDER CRL.A.NO.1896 OF 1999 DIRECTION Drafted by: KK Drafted on: 15-3-2008 HIGH COURT KCBJ DT. 14-3-2008 NOTE: POST THE APPEALS AFTER FOUR WEEKS FOR FINAL HEARING ORDER CRL.A.NO.1896 OF 1999 DIRECTION