B. N. AGRAWAL, J.

( 1 ) OUT of ninety four chargesheeted accused persons of the police case, who were committed to the court of sessions to face trial, five persons died during trial and case of other five were separated as they were absconding. Thus, the remaining eighty four accused persons along with accused persons in the complaint case filed for the same occurrence and also committed to the court of sessions to face trial, were charged and tried and by judgment rendered by trial court, out of eighty four persons of police case, five accused persons, viz. , rayaneedi Prasad [accused No. 1, in short "a-1"], Chaganti Satyanarayana [a-4], Chaganti Subbarao [a-7], Rayani Alias Gammathu Raghavaiah [a-23] and Rayani Alias Gammathu Anjaiah [a-24] were convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code [hereinafter referred to as 'ipc'] and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life. They were further convicted under Section 148 IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years. Both the sentences were, however, ordered to run concurrently. Fifty accused persons of the said case, viz. , Rayannedi Sitaramaiah [a-2], chaganti Nageswara Rao [a-5], Vankayalap