JUDGMENT

S.RATNAVEL PANDIAN, J.: -The two appellants, namely, Chandra Mohan Tiwari and Ram Pal Singh Sengar have filed this criminal appeal canvassing the correctness and legality of the judgment and order dated 17th of November 1978 of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur rendered in Criminal Appeal No. 477 of 1973, whereby the High Court has allowed the appeal preferred by the State by setting aside the order of acquittal passed by the trial Court and convicted the first appellant under Section 302, I.P.C. and the second appellant under Section 302 read with 34, I.P.C. and sentenced each of them to imprisonment for life.

2. The matrix of the case which has led to the filing of this appeal briefly stated is as follows:

P.W. 6 Ahiwaransingh was at the material time, a compounder in the Veterinary Hospital, Budhni. He was residing in one of the quarters situated in the compound of the Veterinary Hospital. On the opposite side of the compound there are Government quarters, one of which was occupied by appellant Ram Pal Singh (Appellant No. 2), who was serving as Gram Sevak in the Block Development Office. He is married and distantly related to P.W.-6. The first appellant Chandra