JUDGMENT :-Twelve persons were tried for offences under Ss. 302/149, 325/149, 324/149, 323/149 and 148, I.P.C. for an occurrence which took place on 28-3-1992 at about 7.45 a.m. in village Kansala. In the said occurrence one Rati Ram suffered fatal injuries while nine others including P.W. 5 Ram Karan, P.W. 8 Ram Kumar, P.W. 10 Roshni and P.W. 11 Satbir Singh belonging to the complainant party were injured. The First Information Report was lodged by P.W. 5 Ram Karan son of the deceased and was recorded by P.W. 13 SI Ishwar Singh. Investigaton was taken in hand and after trial the learned trial Court convicted all the appellants for offences under Ss. 325/324/ 323/149, I.P.C. and S. 148, I.P.C. and sentenced them to undergo various terms of imprisonment and to pay fine. Only four out of the twelve namely, Takdir, Amar Singh, Sri Bhagwan and Darshan Singh were convicted and sentenced under Ss.302/34, I.P.C. to life imprisonment.

2. Aggrieved by their conviction and sentence, all the twelve convicts filed appeals in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. Ram Chand, Lila, Jagdish, Chandgi Ram and Surje were acquitted by the High Court but the conviction of others were maintained and so w