1. These appeals are directed against the judgment dated 31-1-2009 passed in Sessions Trial No. 5/2008 by the First Additional Session Judge, Baloda Bazar, District Raipur (C.G.). By the impugned judgment, the appellants have been convicted under S.302/34, IPC and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs. 500/- with default sentence of R. I. for 2 months.

2. The facts, briefly stated, are as under: - Deceased - Sangeeta, aged about 25 years, was a deserted lady. She was residing with her father, Sriram Verma (PW - 1) in village Latuwa. The dead body of the deceased was seen by the villagers in the bayara (badi) of accused - Khamhan Singh on 23-10-2007. It was in highly burnt condition. Babulal (PW - 12 - village Kotwar) lodged the merg intimation (Ex. P / 19). The Investigation Officer reached to the place of occurrence, gav