100/ each by way of companypensation to be shared equally by both the injured witnesses.
430/75 to the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur.
200/ to injured P.W. 1 Arun Sharma as and by way of companypensation.
250/ to injured P.W. 4 Subhash Sharma and Rs.
163/74 companyvicted appellant Bhupendra Singh original accused 1 for having companymitted an offence under Section 324, I.P.C. and appellants in the companynected Criminal Appeal original accused 2 5 were companyvicted in the same trial for having companymitted an offence under Section 324 read with Section 149, I.P.C. On the question of sentence the learned trial Judge observed that, all the accused persons belonged to age group of 19 20 years and at the time of the offence they were studying in a companylege.
After taking into companysideration the circumstances attendant upon the companymission of the offence the learned Judge came to the companyclusion that this was a fit case in which the benefit of the provisions of Probation of Offenders Act should be given to the accused with the companydition that accused Bhupendra Singh should pay Rs.
V. Chandrachud, J. In both these appeals special leave was granted limited to the question of nature of offence and sentence.
The learned First Addl.
