CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J.

1.The instant criminal appeal has been preferred on behalf of the accused-appellants against the impugned judgment and order dated 01.08.1983 passed by the VI Additional District & Sessions Judge, Shahjahanpur in Sessions Trial No. 268 of 1981 (State vs. Raj Kumar Singh and others) under Sections 302/149, 307/149 and 148 IPC, whereby the accused-appellants have been convicted and sentenced for the life imprisonment, ten years simple imprisonment and three years simple imprisonment respectively.

2 (I).Brief facts of the case is that on 08.04.1980 at around 12.15 PM, one Ratiram arrived at Police Station Kanth and stated that eight days before Holi, Rajkumar purchased a buffalo from his elder brother Bramhapal Singh at the rate of Rs. 1900/-, which he promised to pay after eight days of Holi and when he did not pay as per the promise and kept on avoiding, then Bramhapal Singh stopped Rajkumar from harvesting the crop and said that until my money is paid, you will not be allowed to harvest the crop. On the day before incident, in the evening, Rajkumar Singh asked Bramhapal Singh to come tomorrow at Simra Khera to collect his money. On 8.4.1980, the cous