ORDER :

1. Heard Mr. Arjun Narayan Deo, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners.

2. Heard Ms. Nehala Sharmin, the learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the Opposite Party-State.

3. The present criminal revision application is directed against the judgment dated 05.04.2003 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Hazaribagh in Criminal Appeal No. 263/1998, whereby and whereunder the learned appellate court upheld the judgment of conviction and the order of sentence dated 28.08.1998 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh in G.R. Case No. 1162 of 1995/T.R. No. 167/1998 and dismissed the criminal appeal preferred by the present six petitioners and one Subhash Singh.

4. The learned trial court had convicted seven persons including the present six petitioners under Sections 147, 323, 149 and 325 of the Indian Penal Code and had further convicted the Petitioner No.1 under Sections 148 and 324 of the Indian Penal Code and had sentenced them as under:

- to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months for the offence under Section 147 of IPC;

- to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months for the offence under Section 149 of IPC;

- to under