1. The appeal is filed by the appellant-accused, challenging the judgment and order dated 30-10-1999 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Beed in Sessions Case No.99 of 1999.

2. The prosecution case, in nutshell, is as under:

The complainant (P.W.1) Ramprasad Raut, resident of Pali, was serving at Sanskar Vidyalaya, Beed since 8/10 years prior to the incident which took place on 27-11-1992. The complainant Ramprasad Raut used to attend his office daily at Beed from his native place on bicycle in the morning and used to leave the office at about 200 p.m.

On the day of incident, he accordingly after attending his office left the office at about 330 p.m. for proceeding to his village Pali on bicycle which is on Beed Solapur high way, and accordingly, on the way to Pali from Beed, he reached near the office of Dudh dairy where there is a bridge on Beed Solapur road at about 2/45 p.m., approximately i.e. on 27-11-1992. When he reached near the bridge on bicycle, some 4 robbers restrained the complainant Ramprasad Raut, then they started taking search, two of them caught hold him, the robbers then started extending threats at the point of knife and insisting to give amount,