ORDER

1. The State of Punjab has preferred this appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana dated 24-5-1995 whereby the High Court allowed the appeal of the respondent-accused and acquitted them of the charges for which they were convicted by the learned Sessions Judge, Amritsar.

2. Briefly stated, the prosecution case is that inpanchayat election which had taken place in the year 1983, Harbinder Singh, one of thesee deceased had contested for the post of Sarpanch as against one Jiwa Singh and won the said election. The said Jiwa Singh was an accused before the trial court but was declared as absconder; he is also the brother of A-I,_ 2and A-3. Keeping in mind this defeat, the said Jiwa Singh and other accused persons on 7-2-1984 at about 8 p.m. committed the murder of the said Harbinder Singh and his uncle Harbans Singh. It is further the case of the prosecution that on that day the said two deceased persons had visited the house of PW 6 Brinderjit Kaur at about 5 p.m. and had dinner with PW 6, PW 7, Satnam Singh, son of deceased Harbans Singh and PW 8 Mohinderjit Kaur, the mother of the other deceased Harbans Singh. Having had dinner they left the house at