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2. The gist of the prosecution case is that, on 11.02.1999, the appellants/accused Nos.1 and 2 together with three others formed themselves into an unlawful assembly and attacked PWs 1 , 7 and 8, inside the compound of the MG College, Thiruvananthapuram, with deadly weapons like swords and iron bars and explosive substances like crackers. It is alleged that PWs 1, 7 and 8 were members and supporters of a student organization known as Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP), while the accused persons were members of a rival student organization namely, Kerala Students' Union (KSU). It was alleged that, at the relevant point of time, the Kerala Students' Union did not have a unit in the MG college and an attempt to establish a unit, led to some disputes between the accused and PWs 1, 7 and 8, who were opposing the establishment of a unit of the KSU in the college. A statement given by PW8 while under treatment at the Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, led to the registration of Crime No.30/1999 of the Peroorkada police station.