JUDGMENT

Hansaria, J.-In these appeals we are concerned with the legality of conviction of the 15 appellants by the Special Designated Judge, Ahmedabad under various sections of law including 302/149, 307/149, 326/149 and Section 3 of Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (for short TADA ). The sentence awarded for the offence under Section 302/149 is imprisonment for life and for Section 3 TADA offence also imprisonment for life; for the offence under Section 307/149 imprisonment for 10 years and for Section 326/149 offence imprisonment for five years. Fines of varying amounts have also been imposed for different offences.

2. The appeals being directed against the judgment of the Designated Court which lie only to this Court, we have applied our own mind to the material evidence on record which were brought to our notice by the learned counsel for the appellants and Shri Adhyaru who appeared for the State.

3. The principle argument in the case on behalf of the appellants was advanced by Shri Lalit, learned senior counsel appearing for appellants 1-4, 6 and 10-12. Appellants 5 and 7-9 are represented by Shri Medh and appellants 13-15 by senior advocate, Shri Mehta. The