( 1. ) THE present appellants Dheer Singh and his son bishambhar Singh (along with the third appellant Raghuraj Singh - also a son of appellant Dheer Singh who died during the pendency of this appeal) have come up in appeal against their conviction and sentences passed by the learned Third Additional sessions Judge, Morena, by judgment dated 23-3-1984 in Sessions Trial No. 40/1983. Appellants Dheer Singh and Bishambhar Singh have been convicted and sentenced to suffer life imprisonment under Section 302/34 and section 302, Indian Penal Code, respectively, for the murder of Dataram. They have also been convicted under section 307/34, Indian Penal Code, and sentenced to suffer three years rigorous imprisonment each for attempting to cause the murder of Shriram (PW. 1), Bhagchand (PW. 2), ramswaroop (PW. 4), Chironji (PW. 5) and Angad (PW. 6 ). The sentences are to run concurrently.

( 2. ) THE prosecution produced five eye-witnesses, namely, Shriram (PW. 1), bhagchand (PW. 2), Ramswaroop (PW. 4), Chironji (PW. 5) and Angad (PW. 6), all of whom belong to a closely related family, but none of the independent witnesses, said to be present on the occasion (there were as many as f