JUDGMENT :

ABHAY S. WAGHWASE, J.

1. Above four appeals are directed against judgment and order of conviction recorded by the leaned Additional Sessions Judge, Shrirampur in Sessions Case No. 16 of 2015, thereby holding appellants guilty for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 302 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (for short “Atrocities Act”) and sentenced them to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay fine as spelt out in the operative part of the impugned judgment and order.

FACTS IN BRIEF GIVING RISE TO SESSIONS CASE

2. On 25-07-2014 at around 03:00 p.m. there was quarrel between deceased Balasaheb and appellant accused Dastgir and in such episode, deceased allegedly slapped Dastgir. Consequently, Dastgir while in company of other accused, issued threat to see Balasaheb in the night. Again there was some quarrel between deceased and accused at around 07:00 p.m. At around 09:00 p.m. deceased left the house informing that he is going for answering call of nature. Informant, maternal aunt of deceased namely Vatsala Vinayak Khude, who had come to hou