JUDGMENT

There are eight appellants. They along with four others were tried for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 302 read with 149, 307 read with 149, 324 read with 149, IPC by the learned Second Additional Sessions Judge, Azamgarh. All of them were convicted for the said offences and the substantial sentence awarded was life imprisonment. They were also awarded various sentences of imprisonment on other counts. An appeal preferred by all of them was dismissed by the High Court. Only eight of them filed a special leave petition which was granted by this court. Hence this appeal.

2. The prosecution case is as follows:

The accused Dal Singhars maternal uncle left behind five bighas of land at Village Bhanpur. This land was inherited by the widow, of Ramjas Smt. Badaki. Accused Dal Singhar is said to have obtained a fictitious sale deed in his name and in the name of his three brothers from Smt. Badaki, who on coming to know of it, filed an objection in the mutation proceedings. A suit was also filed for the cancellation of the said sale deed which was pending at the time of the incident. A few days before the date of incident, the appellants along with certain other pers