( 1 ) THESE eleven appeals has been directed against the judgment and order of conviction dated 22-7-99 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, 3rd Court, Nadia at Krishnagore by which the learned Judge convicted all the 10 accused/appellants under Section 396 and 120-B of IPC. In addition to that accused/appellants Shew Kumar Rai, Debasis Khan, Khokan Kunar were also convicted Under Sec. 326, IPC and accused/appellants Tarun Bhattacharjee, Probir Samanta, Debnath Das and Prosanta Dey were convicted Under Sec. 412, IPC. On their conviction, accused/appellants Shew Kumar Rai, Khokan Konar and Debasis Khan were sentenced to death. Apart from the death sentence, the aforesaid accused/appellants were also sentenced to a fine of Rs. 75,000/- each. Subject to confirmation by this Court under S. 366 (1) of the Cr. P. C. other accused/appellants who were convicted as aforesaid were sentenced to imprisonment for life with a fine of Rs. 50,000/- each in default to suffer R. I. for another five years. Being aggrieved by the order and sentence passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, the accused/appellants filed in all eleven appeals. Amongst the accused/appellant Kh