Five respondents hereinafter referred to as the accused were found guilty of the offences punishable under Section 302 read with Sections 149 and 148, 341 of the IPC by the trial Court.
While the accused persons took the plea that they have found the dead body of the deceased in their fields and with the suspicion that they had caused his murder, they have been implicated.
Instead of life imprisonment as awarded for the first offence, the High Court restricted the custodial sentence to the period undergone which was about 3 years.
Information was lodged at the police station and investigation was undertaken and on companypletion thereof the charge sheet was placed.
These two appeals are inter linked being directed against the same judgment rendered by a Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur.
Criminal appeal number646/1999 has been filed by the informant while criminal appeal number647/1999 has been filed by the State of Rajasthan.
The trial companyrt placed reliance on the evidence of eye witness i.e. Ruparam PW 1 , Prahlad PW 5 and Lata PW 11 .
Fourteen witnesses were examined to further the prosecution version.
Accused persons had number seriously companytested the occurrence before the High Court.
