JUDGMENT :

PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI, J.

1. This Criminal Appeal has been preferred by the appellant-State assailing the judgment dated 10.01.1991 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Bhilwara, in Sessions Case No.180/87, whereby the accused-respondents herein were acquitted of the charges against them.

1.1. At the outset, the learned Public Prosecutor has produced a report dated 06.08.2025, submitted by the Station House Officer, Police Station Bigod, District Bhilwara, regarding the present status of the accused persons named in the FIR. As per the said report, it has been brought to the notice of this Court that the accused-respondents, namely Uda s/o Bagtadar Gurjar, have passed away. The aforesaid report is taken on record. Accordingly, the present adjudication is being confined to the surviving accused-respondents, namely, Nanu, Bheru, Kajod, Ladu, Gheesa, Sitaram, Ugma, and Rameshwar.

2. The matter pertains to an incident which had occurred in the year 1987 and the present appeal has been pending since the year 1992.

3. Brief facts of the case, as presented before this Court by Mr.Ramesh Dewasi learned Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the appellant-State, are that on 16.09.