JUDGMENT

M. PAPANNA, J. — Common judgment dated 29.11.1994 of the learned Additional Sessions Judge,Koraput-Jeypore passed in S. C. No. 15 of 1994 and S. C. No. 24/94 convicting appellant No. 1 Debi Prasad Panda and appellant No. 6 Manoj Kumar Padhi, under Sections 147, 148, 302 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code and sentencing each of them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year on each count and life imprisonment respectively, thereunder and further convicting the other appellants, namely, Laxmi Narayan Sahu, Prabir Barik, K. Dharma Acharya, Aruh Kumar Dash, Ram Prasad Gantayat, Kali Naik, Sarat Chandra Sahu and Dambaru Muduli under Sections 147 and 302 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code and sentencing each of them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and life imprisonment, respectively, thereunder with a direction to run the above sentences concurrently, is under challenge in these two Criminal Appeals which were heard analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The accused persons were put up on trial before the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Koraput-Jeypore on the accusa¬tion as unfolded