JUDGMENT

C. NAGAPPAN, J. –

1. Both the appeals are preferred against the judgment and order dated 22.12.2010 passed by the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital in Criminal Appeal No.927 of 2001.

2. The appellants 1 to 4 in Criminal Appeal No. 1884 of 2011, Sudarshan Verma, Jagdish, Deep Narain and Rajendra were accused Nos. 1 to 4 and the appellant Ganesh Datt in Criminal Appeal No.1881 of 2011 was accused No.5 in Sessions Trial case No.109 of 1990 on the file of Vth Additional Sessions Judge, Nainital and were tried for the charges under Sections 147, 148, 302 read with 149, 307 read with 149 and Section 324 read with 149 IPC, and the Trial Court convicted and sentenced each of them to undergo life imprisonment under Section 302/149 IPC; Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of 7 years under Section 307/149 IPC; Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of one year under Section 324/149 IPC, Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of six months under Section 147 IPC and Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of one year under Section 148 IPC. Challenging the conviction and sentence they preferred Criminal Appeal No.927 of 2001 and the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital dismissed the appeal. Aggri