1. All these appeals, being Cri.A.(J) No.48 of 2016 [Prantosh Das and Anr. v. State of Tripura], Cri.A.(J) No.60 of 2016 [Abu Sayed Miah and Anr. v. State of Tripura] and Cri.A.(J) No.61 of 2016[Jagadish Rabi Das alias Bhaiya v. State of Tripura], arise from the judgment and order dated 24.08.2016 delivered in Sessions Trial (Type - I) 86 of 2014 by the Additional Sessions Judge, West Tripura, Agartala, Court No.2.

By the said judgment, the appellants in Cri.A.(J) No.48 of 2016, namely Prantosh Das and Nihar Ranjan Roy alias Powder Raju, the appellants in Cri.A.(J) No.60 of 2016, namely Abu Sayed Miah and Yasin Miah and the appellant in Cri.A.(J) No.61 of 2016, namely Jagadish Rabi Das alias Bhaiya, have been convicted under S.120 - B, 302 read with S.149 of the IPC. Each of them has been sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay fine of `20,000/-, in default to suffer further SI for one year for their commission of offence punishable under S.302 read with S.149 of the IPC. Further, each of the appellants, to reiterate, have been sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life for their commission of offence punishable under S.120 - B of the IPC. However, it h