( 1 ) BY these appeals the appellant Nos. 1 to 5 - original accused nos. 1 to 5 in Criminal Appeal No. 508 of 1991 have questioned the legality and validity of the impugned judgment and order of conviction and sentence recorded by the learned Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural), Mirzapur at Ahmedabad in sessions Case No. 11 of 1991. It appears from the record that the Criminal Appeal no. 482 of 1991 came to be filed through jail by the appellant No. 2 and thereafter he came to be released on bail whereas Criminal Appeal No. 508 of 1991 is filed by the accused person including the original accused No. 2. That is how this Court while admitting Criminal Appeal No. 508 of 1991 directed that the Criminal Appeal no. 482 of 1991 to be heard along with Criminal Appeal No. 508 of 1991. Since both the appeals are in respect of same offence and same judgment and order, and in view of the order dated 18-1-1992 of this Court, both the appeals are being disposed of after hearing, simultaneously, by this common judgment.

( 2 ) THE appellant Nos. 1 to 5 in Criminal Appeal No. 508 of 1991 are the original accused Nos. 1 to 5 in the Sessions Case No. 11 of 1991 who came to be convicted