ORDER

Leave granted.

2. We have heard the counsel on both sides. The facts are that in the evening of December 6, 1989, the deceased Rati Ram, who was Lambardar of the village, had gone on stroll outside the village. While he was coming at about 8.30 p.m., the appellants emerged from their house and each of them having been armed with massals, A-1 had attacked the deceased when he came in front of their house, on the head and hit him three times on different parts. When the deceased had fallen, A-2 again beaten him thrice on chest, abdomen and other parts of the body. PW-6 and 7, the son and brother of the deceased, who were coming in search of him had witnessed the occurrence. When PW-7 raised the cry, the accused had gone in and went away. The deceased was taken to the hospital. He died five days thereafter. The doctor, PW-9, R.M. Singh, conducted autopsy. He noted seven injuries and injury Nos. 2 and 3 were head injuries. Injury No. 2 was a lacerated would which was inflicted on the right mastoid region of size of 4 x 1 cm. It was irregular in shape. According to the doctor, the cause of the death was due to speticaemia resulted as a result of head-injury and was sufficient to ca