JUDGMENT :

Heard Ms. Neise Liegise, learned counsel for the appellants and Mr. Veto V. Zhimomi, learned Public Prosecutor, Nagaland for the State.

2. This appeal under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is filed against the impugned Judgment and Order dated 05.09.2019 passed by the learned Court of Principal District & Sessions Judge, Kohima, Nagaland, in GR No. 191/2013 in Case No. 0076/13 convicting the 3 (three) accused persons, namely, Tepuseto Sophie (A-1), Kehosol Tetso (A-2) and Menyungol Tase (A-3) and sentencing each one of them to undergo five (5) years rigorous imprisonment for the offence under Section 364 IPC and to undergo seven (7) years for offence under Section 304 Part(II) IPC and the sentence against them shall run concurrently.

3. The prosecution case in brief is that on 24.10.2013 an information was received by the OC, South Police Station, Kohima, to the effect that one unidentified body of a male was found between Khuzama and Viswema Village near Chowkhwi river bridge. On such information, the Khuzama Police Station party visited the location, had the dead body identified as one Jaimul Islam @ Ibrahim, s/o Abdul Haque of Assam, held inquest o