Judgement

SEN, J. :- Appellants Asharfi Lal and Babu who are real brothers, are under sentence of death on their conviction under S. 302 read with S. 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for having committed the brutal murders of their two nieces Kumari Sumati, aged 14 years and Kumari Kalkanta, aged 20 years, daughters of their pre-deceased paternal cousin, and under S.307 read with S. 149 of the Indian Penal Code for having attempted to commit the murder of Smt. Bulakan, widow of Devi, and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 7 years. The remaining appellants Ganga Prasad and Hemraj, two sons of Asharfi Lal, and Mata Badal, son of Babu, have been convicted under S. 302 read with S. 149 of the Indian Penal Code for having committed the two murders in furtherance of the common object of their unlawful assembly and each of them sentenced to life imprisonment. They have also been convicted under S. 148 for the a attempted murder of Smt. Bulakan. There was long drawn litigation between the Smt. Bulakan on the one hand and the appellants on the other in respect of certain agricultural property. The last of the series of the litigation was a proceeding initiated under S. 145 of t