BEHERA, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioners Md. Nasiruddin Ansari and Md. Nasirulla Khan said to be students of the Ranchi University and the petitioner Md. Rosen said to be a business man, all belonging to the State of Bihar, have come up in revision after unsuccessfully appealing to the learned Sessions Judge against the order of conviction passed against their under Sections 307 and 393 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, the Codet) and under Section 25 (a) of the Arms Act sentencing each of them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of five years under Section 307 read with Section 34, two years under Section 393 read with Section 34 of the Code and one year under Section 25 (a) of the Arms Act with a direction that the sentences would run concurrently. As the three revisions arise out of the same appellate judgment and order, the matters have been heard together and will be governed by this order.

( 2 ) THE petitioners, it was alleged, being armed with hand-bombs, revolvers and Bhujalis way laid and attacked Sheonandan Ram (P. W. 5) and Banshi Shaw (P. W. 8), two businessmen of Rairangpur, while they were returning from Joshipur in the car bearing registra