JUDGMENT

FAZAL ALI, J.:— This is an appeal under the provisions of the SC. (Enlargement of Criminal Jurisdiction) Act and S.379 of the code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The appellants Sone Lal, Ram Swaroop Chamar, ram Swarup Ahir, Sheo Ram and Dularey have been convicted under Sec. 302/149 Indian Penal Code and sentenced to life imprisonment and to various terms of imprisonment under Ss. 147, 148,323/149, 324/149, 307/149, 364/149 and 201, I. P. C. The conviction and sentences imposed on the appellants are detailed in the judgment of the High Court and need not be repeated here.

2. This unfortunate case in which two innocent persons have lost their lives and one was abducted for being murdered appears to be an outcome of a serious and long standing enmity between the appellants and the deceased and P. W. Jeet. A detailed narrative of the prosecution case is contained in the judgment of the courts below ant it is not necessary for us to repeat the same all over again.

3. Suffice it to say, that on the night between 15/16th November, 1966 the appellants variously armed with Banka, Ballam, Gun and lathi raided the house of P. W. 9 Jeet of Lachchi Khera, assaulted him and killed two of h