Judgment :

Pinaki Chandra Ghose, J.

1. These appeals have been filed against a common judgment and order dated 20.12.2007, passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Patna in Criminal Appeal Nos.371, 386, 441 and 447 of 2002. By the impugned judgment the learned Single Judge of the High Court, while allowing the appeal of one of the accused Rajesh Singh and acquitting him, dismissed the appeals of the other four accused, namely, Laloo Tiwary, Lala Tiwary, Uma Shankar Tiwary and Pramod Tiwary and upheld their conviction and sentence as awarded by the Trial Court. Criminal Appeal Nos.543-545 of 2013 are filed by the aforesaid four accused against their conviction and sentence by the two Courts below and Criminal Appeal Nos.1034-1036 of 2010 are filed by the informant Bimla Devi W/o late Lalan Tiwary, for enhancement of the sentence of these accused. Criminal Appeal No.1033 of 2010 filed by the informant and Criminal Appeal No.1037 of 2010 filed by the State, are against the acquittal of the accused Rajesh Singh.

2. The brief facts necessary to dispose of these appeals are that on 20.12.1998 at 4:30 PM, the informant Bimla Devi, resident of Village Mangara, P.S