A5 Ram Narain Singh caught hold of his hands while A1 caught hold of his legs and it was A3, who sat on his chest, took out a sharp razor and cut his neck.
The ferocious act has been attributed to appellant Shambhu Nath Singh.
A4 Raj Gir Singh was standing nearby.
These appeals are by Shambhu Nath Singh, Raj Gir Singh and Ram Narain who were arrayed as A3, A4 and A5 respectively.
There was some property dispute between one of the accused and the father of PW8.
His narration, in brief, is the following.
The High Court companyfirmed the companyviction and sentence of life imprisonment passed on them.
A3 Shambhu Nath Singh asked the deceased something about the property and the deceased gave some reply, upon which A1 Jag Lal Singh made an exhortation marne ka it is translated as kill him it is also companytended that those words can be translated as beat him The old man was pushed down.
The whole case depends upon the veracity of one eye witness PW8 Kaushal Kishore Singh, the 19 year old son of the deceased.
He alongwith four other persons were companyvicted by the Trial Court under Section 302 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
297 of 1999.
Jag Lal Singh and Nokha Singh who are arrayed as A1 and A2 died during the pendency of these appeals.
All the 5 accused met his father at the mango orchard.
A septuagenarian Ram Narain Singh was killed by cutting the throat on the night of 16th April, 1992.
Thomas, J. Leave granted in SLP Cr.
