The appellants were tried for offences on the allegations that about four months prior to the incident, some quarrel had taken place between the deceased P1 and the appellant No. 4 P2 in relation to raising of boundary wall. On 12 April 1983 at about 7.00 P.M. the deceased accompanied by P3, had gone to P4 (PW-8) to engage some labourers for cutting crop in his field and while returning from the house of P4, when the deceased came near the L1 of appellant No. 4, he shouted to the remaining accused who were there that the deceased was their enemy and he should not be allowed to go and kill him. The appellant No. 6 P5 assaulted the deceased with the lathi on his head. When he fell down on the ground, all the appellants assaulted him. In spite of P3 intervening, the appellants did not stop assaulting. When they found that the deceased had died, the appellants dragged his body from the spot to place near L2 of appellant No. 1 P6. Thereafter, they ran away. P7 (PW-10), brother of the deceased lodged first information report. The incident was witnessed by P4 (PW-8) and P8 (PW-13). The trial court did not believe the evidence of eye-witnesses P4 (PW-8) and P8 (PW-13); found certain discrepancies in the statements of witnesses; doubted the evidence of eye-witnesses to have identified the accused in darkness; consequently, the appellants were acquitted by the trial court giving benefit of doubt. On appeal by the State, the High Court upset the order of acquittal recorded by the trial court and held the appellants guilty of the offences and sentenced all the appellants to rigorous imprisonment for one year and for imprisonment of life. Both the sentences were to run concurrently. Hence, this appeal to this Court.