S.H.Shaukat Abidi, J.

1. All the appeals arise out of the same judgment and order and so with consent of the learned counsel for parties they have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. Appellant Awadheshwar Singh has been convicted under Sec.302/140 of the Indian Penal Code (in shore the Code) and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life. He has filed the Criminal Appeal No. 387/84. But at the time of hearing this appeal learned counsel for the appellant said that the appellant Awadheshwar Singh has died and this fact has not been controverted and as such this appeal (Cr. Appl. 387/84) has abated as against him.

3. Appellants Rangnath Singh, Bindeshwari Singh, Parsuram Singh, Triloki Singh, Satish Singh, Gandhi Singh, Jitendra Singh, Jwala Singh, Gyandutt Singh of Criminal Appeal No. 413/84 and Anil Singh, Raghubansh Singh of Criminal Appeal No. 436/84 have been convicted under Sec.302/140 of the Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life. Appellants Surendra Singh and Devendra Singh of Criminal Appeal No. 594/84 have been convicted under Section 302 of the Code and they have been sentenced to undergo rigorous