The court of 779 Session acquitted both Ram Bilas Singh as well as Ramdeo Singh of the offence under section 302, I. P.C. and also acquitted all the seven accused persons of the offence under section 302 read with section 149, I.P.C. It, however, convicted the three appellants before us under section 304, second part, read with section 149 of the I.P.C. and under sections 147 and 426, I.P.C. but acquitted the appellants 2 and 3 of the offence under section 323, I.P.C. Briefly stated, the defence of the three appellants was that the appellant Ram Bilas Singh was in possession of the dochara, that it was Laldeo Singh and Deva Singh who threatened to dismantle the dochara and, therefore, they marched there on the date of the incident at the head of a mob consisting of 15 or 20 persons carrying with them various weapons.