JUDGMENT

R. Banumathi, J.—These appeals by way of special leave arise out of the judgment dated 20.6.2012 passed by the High Court of Calcutta in Death Reference No. 3/2011 and Criminal Appeals No. 471/2011 and 484/2011 confirming the conviction Under Section 302/120B Indian Penal Code and modifying the death sentence as that of life imprisonment and further confirming the conviction and sentence imposed on the Appellants-accused Under Section 25(i)(a)(b)of the Arms Act. Briefly stated, case of the prosecution is that deceased Anjali Goswami was married to one Karuna Sindhu Goswami. Her husband used to run a line hotel at Mohd. Bazar and he died in a road accident in the year 2000. Her daughter committed suicide in the year 2006 and son also died in a road accident in the year 2008. Anjali started looking after the business of line hotel of her husband but subsequently leased out the same to PW14-Bhagyadhar Dhibar and started a beauty parlour and a cloth shop at Mohd. Bazar which she subsequently shifted to Suri in a rented accommodation of PW10-Manash Chakraborty. Fourth Appellant-accused Durga Sutradhar was engaged by Anjali to run her beauty parlour. Anjali purchased a house at