JUDGMENT :

Subhash Chand, J.

Cr. Appeal (D.B.) No. 540 of 2023 is preferred on behalf of the appellants Vijay Pandit, Rajesh Pandit, Sarita Devi, Sita Ram Pandit, Bhagirath Pandit and Indra Devi, Cr. Appeal (D.B.) No. 429 of 2012 is preferred on behalf of appellant Nathan Turiya, Cr. appeal (D.B.) No. 473 of 2012 is preferred on behalf of the appellant Ramdeo Pandey, Cr. Appeal (D.B.) No. 815 of 2012 is preferred on behalf of the appellant Santoshi Kumari against the judgment of conviction dated 14.03.2012 and sentence dated 16.03.2012 whereby the appellants/convicts were sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 3,000/- for having committed the offence punishable under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and in default of payment of fine to undergo R.I. for two years, to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine (individually) of Rs.3,000/- for having committed offence punishable under Sections 364/34 of the I.P.C. and in default of payment of fine to undergo R.I. for two years and to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years and to pay (individually) a fine of Rs. 1,000/- for having committed offence under Section 201/34 and in default of pa