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1. In Sessions Case No. 28 of 1909 the Additional Sessions Judge of Guntur convicted the appellant, Chukkapalli Ramayya, of having murdered one Chennugadu on the 27th March last by means of a bomb, and sentenced him to death. The appellant was also convicted of minor charges under Ss. 3 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act VI of 1908.

2. He appeals against his conviction on all the charges. Two other young men, Brahmans, were also tried with him but were acquitted.

3. It is clearly proved that in the early morning of the 27th March last a Pariah, named Chennugadu, was blown to pieces by the explosion of an infernal machine which had been buried in a pit about a foot deep and a foot wide which had been dug in a frequented foot-path between the villages of Nandivelugu and Tenali. Various broken fragments of the machine were found near the spot. The most important of these were a piece of iron band with a nipple soldered on it (Material Object No. 2), a similar piece of iron without a nipple (Material Object No. 3), a tin tube with a hole at each end (Material Object No. 1), some broken glass, and some pieces of paper with English print on them (Material Object No. 8). From these fragments and from the evidence of the Government Inspector of Explosives, who visited the spot on the 3rd April, it appears that the machine probably consisted of" (1) an outer thin iron cylinder, with an explosive at the bottom, (2) of an arch shaped like over the explosive, of which material Objects Nos. 2 and 3 were parts, the nipple being hollow and containing the igniting substance, (3) the tin tube, Material Object No. 1, placed vertically over the nipple, the nipple fitting into a hole at the bottom of the tube, and (4) possibly a rod running through the tube which has holes at each end. His opinion is that the machine was buried in the ground with an inch or two of the tube exposed, the application to which of force either vertically or horizontally would spark the igniting substance and fire the explosive. The report of the Chemical Examiner embodied in Exhibit C, shows that the explosive used was a mixture of sulphide of arsenic and chlorate of potash. It was apparent from the beginning of the investigation that Material Objects No. 2 and 3 formed one piece originally. The ragged edges of each fit exactly. And it was also apparent from the other ragged edge of Material Object No. 2 that another piece or other pieces, similar probably to Material Object No. 3, had existed and had not been found. A search was instituted and on the morning of the 8th April, 1909, one was found. It is Material Object No. 9 and its edge exactly fits the other edge of Material Object No. 2. Material Objects Nos. 2, 3 and 9 thus form a kind of arch 3|2|9 and were undoubtedly originally one piece and probably also the whole piece as the other edge of Material Objects Nos. 2 and 9 are wrought smooth.