ORDER :

All these appeals are being disposed of by this common judgment as they arise out of the judgment of conviction of the appellants imposed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Sehore, in Sessions Trial No. 80/92 and affirmed by the High Court.

2. It is worthwhile to mention that as many as ten accused persons namely, Makhan (A1), Uday Singh (A2), Mulla (A3), Balram (A4), Vijay Singh (A5), Magan Lal (A6), Ganpat Singh (A7), Ramesh (A8), Narpat Singh @ Takhat Singh (A9) and Kamal Singh (A10) were proceeded against for the offences punishable under Sections 302 read with Sections 149 and 148 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ('IPC') and were sentenced to undergo life imprisonment and rigorous imprisonment for a period of 1 year respectively.

3. In brief, the case of the prosecution is that on 07.10.1991 at 17.00 hours, Batu (PW-1) lodged First Information Report in Police Station, Ichhawar to the effect that in village Sevania, he along with his three brothers namely, Devi Singh (hereinafter referred to as 'the deceased'), Sitaram and Ram Singh were illegally possessing a piece of Government land for the last several years, which they were using for growing crops and grazing the