N.Pandey and Ashok Kumar Verma JJ.

1. Both these Criminal Appeals arise out of same judgment of conviction and sentence therefore, the appeals are disposed of by the common judgment. All these five appellants have been convicted and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/each and in. default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for sixmonths under Sec. 302 read with Sec. 34 of the Indian Penal Code by the Judgment and Order dated 24th August. 1993 in Sessions Trial No. 211 of 1992 on the charge of having committed murder of Krishna Devi wife of appellant No. 1 Ghanshyam Prasad. The sentences are to run concurrently.

2. In brief the case of the prosecution is that Krishna Devi was married about 15-16 years ago with appellant Ghanshyam Prasad, Since for a pretty long time she could not produce any child appellant Ghanshyam had performed another marriage. Although Krishna Devi was residing with her husband but according to the prosecution witnesses she was always being beaten and tortured. On 19-5-1989 at about 8.15 p.m. the informant got information that his sister was murdered by Ghanshyam Prasad and his family members and her dead body was kep