Criminal Appeal No.1315 of 2002 has been filed by Hetram and Criminal Appeal No.1321 of 2002 has been filed by the remaining five accused, out of whom, Munna A 11 and Kishori A 18 died during the pendency of the appeal.
Out of them eight persons, namely, Prakash A 8 , Shyam A 10 , Ratanlal A 13 , Naresh A 14 , Bhagirath A 15 , Keshav A 20 , Babulal A 21 and Totaram A 22 were acquitted by the Trial Court.
Out of the remaining thirteen accused, Mohan A 1 , Amar Singh A 2 , Kailash A 4 , Sohan A 6 , Babulal A 9 , Nandu A 12 and Dhaniram A 17 were acquitted and companyviction and sentence of six persons were upheld by the High Court.
Challenging the same, these two appeals have been filed.
During the pendency of appeal before the High Court, Barelal A 5 died and, as such, his appeal abated.
Against the order of acquittal of eight persons, numberappeal was preferred 2/ 2 by the State of Madhya Pradesh whereas fourteen accused persons filed the appeal.
The accused persons were also companyvicted under Section 148 P.C. and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years.
Heard learned companynsel for the parties.
Twenty two persons were put on trial.
The sentences were ordered to run companycurrently.
They were further companyvicted under Section 307/149 I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years and to pay fine of Rs.100/ .
