JUDGMENT :

T. AMARNATH GOUD, J.

This present criminal appeal has been filed under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 , against the impugned Judgment of Conviction and Sentence dated 11.09.2023, passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Khowai Judicial District, Khowai, Tripura, in Case No. S.T. (TYPE-1) 05 of 2018. By the said judgment, the learned Sessions Judge, Khowai, Tripura, convicted the appellants for committing an offence punishable under Sections 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced them to suffer life imprisonment. Additionally, the appellants were fined Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand) each, with a default sentence of one month of simple imprisonment.

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that one Madhabi Debbarma lodged a written ejahar with the Officer-in-Charge, Champahaur Police Station, alleging that on 14.02.2017, at about 10:00/10:30 hours, her husband, Samir Debbarma, was attacked indiscriminately with a ‘dao' by the appellants while he was returning from a marriage ceremony. Upon hearing his cries, the informant and others rushed to the spot and found him with bleeding injuries. When the informant questioned the appell