JUDGMENT :- This is an appeal from jail by one Laldin against the judgment and order of the learned Ses. J. of Mahasu and Sirmur, dated 17-4-1951, convicting him under S. 302, read with S. 34, I. P. C., and sentencing him to transportation for life.

2. Four persons, namely, Mohammad Ali, his brother Ranjha, son Bhura and son-in-law Laldin (the present appellant), were committed to sessions to take their trial under S. 302, read with S. 34, I. P. C., for the murder of one Durga.

3. The prosecution case was that Durga deceased having killed some buffaloes of Mohammad Ali, the said four accused avenged themselves by making a forced entry into the dogri, or small house, of Durga at about midnight between the 23rd and 24th of August, 1950, and strangled him to death. Mohammad Ali is said to have sat on Durgas chest, Bhura to have held him by the arms and the appellant by the feet, and Ranjha to have throttled him to death.

4. Mohammad Ali having died after commitment, the trial of the other three accused, who were represented by a counsel, commenced before the Ses., J., on 16-4-1951. Their respective charges were read out to the accused on that date. The present appellant pleaded guilty an

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