M.G. Giratkar, J.

Heard learned counsel Shri Deo for the applicants and Shri Sirpurkar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State/respondent.

2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith.

3. The present revision is against the judgment of conviction passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Gadchiroli in Summary Criminal Case No. 337/2014 by which the applicants were convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 186, 509 and 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The said judgment was challenged before the Sessions Judge, Gadchiroli in Criminal Appeal No. 34/2016. Said appeal was partly allowed by the Sessions Judge. The conviction for the offence punishable under Section 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code came to be quashed and set aside but maintained the judgment of the Judicial Magistrate First Class for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 186 and 509 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

4. The case of the prosecution against the applicants (hereinafter referred to as 'accused') in short is that the complainant was working as secretary of gram panchayat and accused were members of gram panchayat. On 29-3-20