JUDGMENT

P. Venkatarama Reddi, J.-These appeals are against the judgment of Rajasthan High Court in Criminal Appeal No. 325 of 1989. The appellants in Criminal Appeal No. 449 of 1994 together with six others were charged and tried for forming unlawful assembly, indulging in rioting, causing the death of one Pyara Singh with deadly weapons on the night of 12th January, 1988 at the house of the informant Harbans Singh situate in village 3-X and for causing grievous injuries to three members of the complainant party-the informant, his brother and the son of the deceased. Along with the appellants, six others were also tried for various offences in connection with the same incident. The Sessions Judge convicted appellants 1, 2 and 3 under Sections 148, 302, 307/149, 326, 324 and 323/149 and sentenced them to life imprisonment. The accused-appellant No. 4, Nihal Singh was held guilty of the offences under Sections 148, 302/149, 326, 324/149, 307 and 323/149 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Others were convicted for various offences viz., Sections 302/149, 307/149 etc. On appeal, the High Court found the appellants guilty of the offence of murdering Pyara Singh. The High Court having h