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8. Based on the above materials, the Trial Court framed as many as three charges against the accused. The first charge is under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code on the allegation that the accused, with a common intention of causing the death of the deceased, conducted surgery without having sufficient expertise knowledge as well as the equipments and with the knowledge that the deceased was a heart patient, and thus, by conducting surgery, caused the death of the deceased, which amounts to an offence of murder punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The second charge is that they washed the bloodstains found in the room, where surgery was conducted, and thus, they had caused the disappearance of evidence. The third charge is under Section 193 of the Indian Penal Code against the first accused alone on the allegation that on 08.10.2000, he had manipulated the attendance register maintained by the Government Parasalai Hospital, where he was working as a doctor.