Sudhir Kumar Katriar and Samarendra Pratap Singh JJ.

1. All the four appellants have jointly come up in this appeal against the judgment dated 30.1.1988, passed by the learned 10th Additional Sessions Judge, Munger, in The State of Bihar V/s. Bokan Singh and three Ors., Sessions Trial No. 320 of 1985, whereby appellant No. 1 (Bokan Singh) has been convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, and has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life. Furthermore, the four appellants have been convicted under Section 201 IPC and have been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years. Both the sentences are to run concurrently. It may at the outset, be indicated that appellant Nos. 1, 3 and 4 are full brothers and are the sons of Ramjee Singh, whereas appellant No. 2 is the own uncle of the other three appellants. The four appellants have been charged under Section 302 read with Section 34, I.P.C. for the murder of Smt. Krishna Devi, wife of appellant No. 1, and they have also been charged under Section 201 of the IPC.

2. According to the prosecution case, one Ram Janam Singh, son of Ramji Singh of village Salempur, P.S. Surajgarha, District-Munge