U. S. TRIPATHI, J.

he above appel lants preferred this appeal against judg ment and order dated 8-10-1980 passed by Sri Khem Karan, the then learned IVth Additional Sessions Judge, Jalaun at Orai in Sessions Trial No. 32 of 1980 convicting appellants No. 1 to 6 Jag Mohan, Krishna Dutt, Mangal Singh, Munna, Kanhai and Bhoje under Sections 148 and 302 read with Section 149 I. P. C and appellants No. 7 and 8 Ram Kumar and Kashi Ram under Sections 147 and 302 read with 149 I. P. C. and sentencing them to imprisonment for life under Section 302 I. P. C. read with 149, two years R. I. under Section 148 and 1-1/2 years R. I. under Section 147 I. P. C. All the sentences were ordered to run concurrent ly-

2. The prosecution story, briefly stated, was as under All the appellants and the three deceased Manohar (35), Anant Ram (22) and Chandra Bhan (11) as well as Raghunath (P. W. 1) and Ganga Prasad (P. W. 3) were residents of village Atariya, P. S. Aata, district Jalaun. Jag Mohan apellant was son of Ram Kumar appellant. The other appellants were of different cas tes. Jag Mohan and Ram Kumar were Brahmins, Krishna Dutt, Marwari, Man-gal Singh Kurmi, Munna, Mohammadan, Kanhai, Bhoje and Kashi

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