1 .Vide judgment and order dated 24-8-1993 passed in Sessions Case No. 54 of 1992, the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Pandharpur, convicted and sentenced the appellants in the manner stated hereinafter :
(i) Basanna Nigonda Hattali (appellant No. 1), Malku Bhimraya Hattali (appellant No. 8), Tamrayya Nigonda Patil (appellant No. 12) and Mallensha Nigonda Patil (appellant No. 13) under S.302 read with S.34, I.P.C. to life imprisonment;
(ii) Chandrakant Murgappa Umrani (appellant No. 2), Laxman Hanmant Hattali (appellant No. 3), Dundeppa Shivappa Umrani (appellant No. 4), Pandurang Jagannath Nikam (appellant No. 6), Mohan Baliram Koli (appellant No. 7), Sangappa Bhimraya Hattali (appellant No. 9), Malkanna Annarayya Birajdar (appellant No. 10) and Kallappa Ramchandra Hattali (appellant No. 11) under S.304, Part II, I.P.C. read with 34, I.P.C., to 5 years R. I. and under S.323 read with 34, I.P.C. to 6 months R. I. Malkanna Annarayya Birajdar (appellant No. 10), was further convicted under S.325 read with 34, I.P.C. and sentenced to 3 years R. I.
(iii) Vithal Krishna Nikam (appellant No. 5) under S.304, Part II read with 34, I.P.C. to 5 years R. I. and under S.325 read with 34,