The State thereafter filed appeal in the High Court which accepted the appeal to the extent that acquittal of five accused who are appellants here was reversed and they were companyvicted under Sections 304/149 as also under Sections 148 and 147 of the Penal Code.
1 and 2 were sentenced to eight years rigorous imprisonment while others were sentenced to six years under Sections 304/149 of the Penal Code.
It appears that the appellants assaulted the deceased and his brother Pooran with Kantas and spears and caused as many as 25 injuries on the deceased and about eight injuries on PW 1 Pooran .
The Sessions Judge appears to have been mainly swayed in acquitting the accused on the testimony of Sri Niwas, one of the sons of the deceased who was examined as Court witness learned Counsel 1.
Out of the appellants, Naunidh and Mahindra Pal appellants Nos.
