JUDGMENT

K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY, J.:—The two appellants herein were tried for the offence of causing the murder of Mangla, the deceased in the case under S. 302 read with S. 34, I.P.C. The trial Court acquitted them. The State preferred an appeal against the said order of acquittal. The High Court accepting the evidence of the two eye-witnesses P.Ws. 1 and 2 allowed the State appeal and convicted, each of the appellants under S. 302 read with S. 34, I.P.C. and sentenced them to undergo imprisonment for life. The prosecution case is as follows.

2. The first appellant Ramdas is the son of second appellant Nathu. On 29-9-75 the deceased Mangla went to the forest near village Rajapur for collecting fire wood at about mid day. The deceased had gone to the forest with Shyam Kumar, P.W. 1 and Nand Kishore P.W. 2. A little later in the afternoon P.Ws. 1 and 2 came running to Makra, P.W. 3, the brother of the deceased and informed him that the deceased had been killed with an axe by two shepherds who were residents of Village Basar. P.W. 3 and some other villagers went to the forest and found the deceased lying dead with two incised wounds on his neck. Stating these facts, the first informatio