Judgment :

Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.

1. This appeal is preferred against the judgment and order dated 17.12.1987 passed by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge, 2nd Court, Hooghly in Sessions Trial No.71 of 1984 convicting the appellants under Sections 148/323/149/307 of the Indian Penal Code and sentencing appellant no.2 and 3 to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 2 years each for their offence under Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code and sentencing appellant no.1, 4, 5 to pay a fine of Rs.500/- each in default to suffer simple imprisonment for 2 months for their offence under Sections 324 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code and sentencing appellant no.5 to pay fine of Rs.250/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for 1 month for her offence under Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Furthermore, sentencing appellant nos.2, 3 and 4 to pay a fine of Rs.500/- each in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 2 months each for their offence under Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code and sentencing appellant no.1 and 5 to pay a fine of Rs.250/- each in default to suffer simple imprisonment for 1 month each for their offence under Section 147 of