JUDGMENT :

Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.

1. Two appellants namely, Jamuna Bai (A-1) & Shyam Sunder (A-2) in Cr.A.No.1202/2014; sole appellant namely, Surendra Kumar (A-3) in Cr.A.No.1160/2014; and two appellants namely, Sahaniram (A-4) & Dadhibal (A-5) in Cr.A.No.1143/2014, have preferred these appeals under Section 3 74(2) of the CrPC feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment dated 7-11-2014 passed by the 1 st Additional Sessions Judge, Sakti, District Janjgir-Champa in Sessions Trial No.80/2013, by which the learned Additional Sessions Judge has convicted and sentenced the appellants in the following manner: -

2. Since all the three criminal appeals have arisen out of one and same judgment dated 7-11-2014 passed by the 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Sakti, District Janjgir-Champa, in one Sessions Trial No.80/2013 and since common question of fact and law is involved in all the three appeals, they have been clubbed together, heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

3. It is admitted fact on record that Sushil Chand Jaiswal had two daughters namely, Jamuna Bai – the accused/appellant (A-1) and Namrata Jaiswal – deceased. Jamuna Bai was married to Narendra Kumar (PW-7) and Namrata was married to Shyam Kumar – another deceased. The family of Jamuna Bai was staying in the house owned by Sushil Chand Jaiswal at Sakti in ground floor and Namrata Jaiswal along with her husband Shyam Kumar on the fateful day was residing in second floor along with her family. It is the case of the prosecution that Jamuna Bai wanted to grab the entire property in which her sister Namrata Jaiswal along with her husband were staying. Revenue proceedings Exs.P-30 to P-44 were initiated by Namrata Jaiswal against Narendra Kumar (PW-7) – husband of Jamuna Bai before the revenue court (Tahsildar, Kharsia and Tahsildar, Sakti) for partition, etc.. It is the further case of the prosecution that Jamuna Bai (A-1) also lodged complaint before Police Station Kharsia against the deceased persons vide Ex.P-20 and in light of that complaint, statements were recorded vide Exs.P-21 to P-24. Further case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 10-4-2013, in the morning, one Onkar Prasad Jaiswal (neither cited nor examined) informed Shivkumar (PW6) – brother of deceased Shyam Kumar about the incident, thereafter, Shivkumar (PW-6) came to Sakti in the house of Namrata Jaiswal & Shyam Kumar and noticed that throat of both Namrata & Shyam Kumar was cut and they were lying dead on bed and blood spread all over the floor. Thereafter, Shivkumar (PW-6) lodged first information report Ex.P-15 at Police Station Sakti on 10-4-2013 against unknown person and on the same day, morgue intimations were got registered by Shivkumar (PW-6). Morgue intimation Ex.P-16 was regist