1. - This is an appeal directed against the judgment and conviction passed against the accused appellants by the learned Sessions Judge, Churu dated 3-5-1989.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on the intervening night of 6th and 7th April, 1977 at 1 A.M a report was lodged by one Sugma Ram at police station, Doongargarh to the effect that he had gone to village Parsaneu and returned to his village in the right. While coming to his village he went to the house of Daluram and there he found that mother of Tiku Ram injured was sitting. She informed him that in the evening these five accused persons came to her house and belaboured Tiku Ram with lalhi and took him to the house of Kumbharam and confined him there. It is alleged that she asked him to file a report with the police. Sugnaram went to his truck to file this report at the police station Sugnaram filed the report Ex. P. 1 disclosing the aforesaid allegations and on that basis, the report Ex. P1 was registered. On receipt of this information, Jaswant Singh, H.C. went to spot and to the house of Kumbharam, which is Said tote about 14 kms away from the police station. There he found the door of the house of Kumbhara