These five appellants, one of whom has already died during the pendency of this appeal, have been companyvicted under Section 302/149, I.P.C. for having killed one person and they have also been companyvicted under Section 307/149, I.P.C. for having injured PW 6 and PW 7 by firing at them indiscriminately.
It transpires that the accused persons claimed to be the landlord of the land in question whereas members of the prosecution party were claiming to be bataidars over the land and that on account of tension and law and order problem an Executive Magistrate was posted there with police force.
The case in a nutshell is that on 6 3 1976 in early hours of morning while the prosecution party were present on the field these accused persons armed with guns and rifles arrived at the scene of occurrence and started indiscriminate firing at the members present on the land and as a result of such firing one person died and two others were injured.
