JUDGMENT :

Per Dr. Pushpendra Singh Bhati, J:

1. This criminal appeal under Section 374 Cr.P.C. has been preferred claiming the following reliefs:

“It is, therefore, prayed that the appeal may kindly be accepted, conviction of the appellants be set-aside and they be acquitted or any other appropriate order which may be considered just and proper in the circumstances of the case may be passed.”

2. The matter pertains to an incident which occurred in the year 1989 and the present appeal has been pending since the year 1993.

3. The accused-appellant laid a challenge to the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 05.05.1993 passed by the learned District & Sessions Judge, Rajsamand in Session Case No. 10/91, whereby the present accused-appellants, have been convicted and sentence is as follows:

However, vide the impugned judgment, the remaining eight accused persons, were acquitted of the charges against them.

4. Brief facts of the case, as placed before this Court by Mr.Vineet Jain, learned Senior Counsel assisted