As per Hon'ble Shri Sunil Kumar Sinha, J. -1. This appeal is directed against the judgment dated 24th of July 1996 passed in Session Trial No. 632/93 by the First Additional Session Judge, Bastar at Jagdalpur. By the impugned judgment, the appellants were convicted u/ss 302/34 IPC and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life.

2. Appellant No.2- Sunder Singh died during the pendency of the appeal on 18.11.2011. The appeal filed by appellant No.2, therefore, has abated.

3. The facts, briefly stated, are as under :

Deceased- Aayturam was missing since 18.9.93. His dead body was found on the bank of river on 21.9.93. A First Infonnation Report (F.I.R.Ex.P/1) was lodged. The Investigation Officer reached to the place of occurrence gave notice (Ex.-P/2) to the Panchas and prepared inquest (Ex.-P/3) on the dead body of the deceased. The dead body was sent for post-mortem. The post-mortem examination was conducted by Dr. P.S. Komre (PW-8) who found multiple serious injuries on the dead body of the deceased. The deceased had sustained multiple fractures. The Autopsy Surgeon opined that the deceased died homicidal death on account of various injuries including fracture of spinal cord