Hon’ble Vinod Prasad, J.—Challenge in these two connected appeals by nine appellants is to their convictions and sentences recorded by VIIth Additional Session’s Judge, Etah, in S.T. No. 40 of 1981, State v. Chiranji Lal and others. Appellant Dhyan Singh has been convicted under Section 147, 323/149, 436 I.P.C. while rest of the appellants have been convicted under Section 147, 323, 436/149 I.P.C. For offence under Section 147 I.P.C. all the appellants have been sentenced to undergo eight months R.I., under Sections 323 and/or 323/149 to six months R.I. and under Section 436 and/or 436/149 they have been sentenced to four years R.I. Trial Judge has further ordered that all the sentences of each of the appellants shall run concurrently vide impugned judgment and order dated 30.1.1982.

2. Unfolded prosecution story as was scribed by the informant Chob Singh, P.W.1, in his FIR Exhibit-Ka-1 and later on stated during session’s trial were that informant had taken agricultural land of Mahesh Chandra on lease and had sown in it lentil crop of Ranas Urd. Three or four days prior to the date of the incident, Chiranji Lal, Komal, Amar Singh, Data Ram, Dhyan Singh, Prem Singh, Shiv Ra