S.H.S.Abidi, J.

1. Appellant Arbind Kumar has been convicted under Secs. 302 and 148 I.P.C. and has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life end three years respectively. Appellant Raj Kumar Singh has been convicted under Sections 302/149 I.P.C. and has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for ten years. He has further been convicted under Secs. 148, 324 and 326 I.P.C. and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three years under each count. Appellant Ram Babu Singh has been convicted under Secs. 302/149 IPC and has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for ten years. He has further been convicted under Section 148, IPC and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three years. Appellant Raghunath Singh has been convicted under Secs. 302/109 and 302/149 and has been awarded ten years rigorous imprisonment under each count. Further, he has been convicted under Sec. 148 IPC and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three years. However, Ranidhani Singh another accused has been acquitted.

2. The case of the prosecution was that on 12.1.82 in the morning at about 8 a. m. the informant Janak Singh (P. W. 6) along with his wife and sons were working in the Onion seedlin