JUDGMENT :

Subhash Chand, J.

Heard learned senior counsel for the appellants and learned counsel for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant.

2. The instant criminal appeal is preferred on behalf of the appellants against impugned Judgment of conviction dated 30th August, 1994 and Order of sentence dated 31st August, 1994 passed by the 3rd Additional Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi in Sessions Trial Case No. 128 of 1991, whereby, the appellants have been convicted for the offence under Sections 120-B, 302 and 302/149 of the Penal Code, 1860 and they were sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life under the aforesaid offence. Further all the sentences were directed to run concurrently.

3. The prosecution case in brief is that the informant—Rameshwar Sahu had given the written information with the police station concerned with these allegations that on 11th May, 1990 he along with his son—Gajendra Prasad Gupta had gone to village Jhinjhri in a Jatra fair for selling sweets. The informant, his son, villagers—Ashok Sahu, Khakhndu Sahu and Jatan Sahu proceeded for their home from Jatra at 7:30 o'clock of evening and on the way, when they reached to village Dhumphu four to five