Ashutosh Kumar, J.—Both the appeals have been taken up together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. Mr. Umashankar Prasad, the learned senior advocate, has appeared for the appellant/ Achhelal Das Das in Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 680 of 2016.

3. No lawyer has appeared for the appellant/Ram Dayal Das in Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 783 of 2016. Hence, we deemed it necessary to appoint one amicus. We had requested Mr. Pratik Mishra, learned advocate to assist us to which he readily agreed and has rendered good assistance to us.

4. The State has been represented by Mr. Binod Bihari Singh, learned APP .

5. Both the appellants have been convicted under Sections 148, 302, 307, 323 and 324 with the aid of Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code and have been sentenced to undergo imprisonment till the remainder of their lives, to pay a fine of Rs. 50,000/- each and in default of payment of fine to further undergo S.I. for six months for the offence under Section 302/149 of the IPC; R.I. for seven years, fine of Rs. 10,000/- and in default of payment of fine, S.I. for three months for the offence under Section 307/149 of the IPC; S.I. for three years for the offence under Section 324/