1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant Karam Singh Munda. According to the report received from the concerned Police Station, all other appellants are dead and as such the appeal is abetted as against the other appellants.

2. The appellant Karam Singh Munda is aggrieved by the Judgment of conviction and Order of sentence dated 25.6.1992, passed by the learned rd Additional Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi (Camp Kunti), in S.T. No. 515 of 1987/129 whereby, the appellant has been found guilty and convicted for the offence under Sections 148 and 302/34 IPC. Upon hearing on the point of sentence, the appellant was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life for the offence under Section 302/149 IPC. No separate sentence was passed for the offence under Section 148 of the IPC.

3. The FIR was lodged by Patras Purti, the son of the deceased, stating that on 27.3.1987 at about 10 a.m. Jiut Munda and Lodra Munda came to his house and took his father along with them stating that there was a feast. Thereafter his father did not return and the informant was informed on 28.3.1987 by one Tenga Munda that the dead body of his father was lying near a river with injuries, whereupon he went the