JUDGMENT

S.P. Kurdukar, J.-This criminal appeal on obtaining special leave is filed by the appellants who are original accused Nos. 3 and 4 respectively. These two appellants alongwith three accused (acquitted) were tried for offences punishable under Sections 120-B, 302/120-B, 307/120-B of the Indian Penal Code or in the alternative under Sections 302, 302/34, 307, 307 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. A-4 was also tried for an offence punishable under Section 27 of the Arms Act. The Add1. Sessions Judge, Pune, by his judgment and order dated 24th March, 1988, convicted all the five accused for an offence punishable under Section 120-B of the India Penal Code and sentenced each one of them to undergo imprisonment for life; they were also convicted under Sections 302/120-B of the Indian Penal Code for causing death of Umesh Shetty and each one of them was sentenced to undergo life imprisonment; they were also found guilty under Sections 302/120-B of the Indian Penal Code for causing death of Shankar More and were sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life; they were further convicted under Sections 307/120-B of the Indian Penal Code for the offence of attempt to commit