ORDER :

1. These appeals are against a common judgment and order dated 04.03.2009 passed by the Patna High Court in Death Reference Case No. 4/2007 and Death Reference Case No. 12/2008 along with the criminal appeals filed by the accused persons against the judgment and order of the trial court. The trial court convicted the accused persons and awarded death sentence, which was referred before the High Court for confirmation. The High Court after hearing the parties set aside the judgments and orders of conviction passed by the trial court against the accused persons. Hence, these appeals have been filed by the informant/complainant before this Court.

2. The facts of the case, briefly stated, are as follows:-

(a) On 30.12.2005, Tej Pratap, the victim, aged about six years, became traceless while returning home from a shop at about 10.30 a.m. Uday Kumar Singh, the father was informed at his place of duty from his home. On hearing of such news, he came back and started searching in the neighbourhood, but the same was in vain. Accordingly, an FIR was lodged by the father with Barun Police Station alleging incident of kidnapping of his son by unknown miscreants.

(b) The Superintendent of P