JUDGMENT :

R.M.N. Mishra, J.

1. The instant Criminal Appeal has been preferred by the convict /appellants against the judgment and order dated 22.02.2021 passed by learned VIth Additional Session Judge, Fatehpur in Case No.405 of 1996, whereby the appellants are convicted for charge under Section 302 IPC read with section 149 IPC and sentenced to imprisonment for life for the said charge. The appellants Dhaukal, Bhaiya Lal, Rajendra and Ram Swaroop are convicted for charge under Section 302 IPC read with Section 149 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment, and they are also convicted for charge under Section 148 IPC, sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment for said charge. The appellant Buddhu is convicted for charge under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to imprisonment for life. He has also been convicted for charge under Section 148 IPC and sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment for said charge. All the sentences are directed to run concurrently.

2. The factual matrix of the case in brief as discerned from the material on record is that FIR in the case was lodged on the basis of written report Ext. Ka-1 of deceased Raju alias Kamta in injured condition which was scribed by one