JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Mr. Sunil Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners.

2. Heard Mr. Ajit Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite party No. 2.

3. Heard Mr. Rajesh Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite party-State.

4. The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 10.12.2002, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Bokaro, in Cr. Appeal No. 86/2000, whereby the appeal filed by the petitioners has been dismissed.

5. The petitioners were convicted for offences under Sections 323, 325/34 of the Indian Penal Code vide judgment of conviction passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Chas, Bokaro dated 14.08.2000, who convicted the petitioners and sentenced them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 3 months for offence under Section 323 IPC and one year for offence under Section 325 of the Indian Penal Code arising out of G.R. No. 516/1994.

6. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners has confined his argument on the point of sentence. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner No. 1 as on date is about 72 years of age and so far as petitioner nos. 2 and 3 are concerned, their present ag