JUDGMENT

SAWANT, J.:— These are two appeals filed by two different sets of accused who were arraigned as offenders for the incident which took place on August 19, 1967. The prosecution case is that at about 8.00 a.m. on August 19, 1967, one Dhanushdhari Missir (PW 1) who is the informant in the case, left his house along with his father, Rajendra Missir to harvest the paddy-crop in their land situate to the west of their house. To harvested the crop, his father had engaged some labourers and the crop was, according to him, harvested till about 10.00 a.m. on that day. At about that hour, his father Rajendra started from. the land to return home for his meals and the informant followed him after a little while. On the way home, the informant heard his fathers cry "Jan Bachao", and on hearing it he ran towards his father and saw that accused, Shambhoo Missir and Munib Tikulihar (appellants in Appeal No. 133 of 1979) assaulting his father with garasa, and Sarabjit Chamar and Paltan Kurmi (appellants in Appeal No. 150 of 1979) with sticks. Rajendra fell down and thereafter Shambhoo, Munib and Paltan caught hold of his hands and legs and Sarabjit chopped off his nose with a hasua. Hearin