Arijit Pasayat, C.J.

1. These two appeals and the revision application are interlinked. While the appeals have been filed by accused persons, who have been convicted, revision petition has been filed under S.397 read with S.401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short 'the Code') by widow of the deceased who lost his life in the alleged occurrence. For the sake of convenience, accused persons are referred to as 'A1, A2 etc.' as they were arrayed as accused persons during trial.

2. Accused persons have been found guilty of offences punishable under S.143, 147, 148, 341, 324 and 302 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short 'IPC') read with S.149 thereof. A2 and A7 are respondents 1 and 2 in the revision application. Except A2 and A7, all other accused were sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life. They were separately sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years for the offence punishable under S.148 and simple imprisonment for one month for the offence punishable under S.341. In view of the sentence imposed for offence punishable under S.148 IPC, no separate sentence was awarded in respect of offences punishable under S.143 and 147 IPC. All the sentences w