Summarize the following court judgment. N: Criminal Appeal No. 220 of 1974. Appeal by Special Leave from the Judgment and Order dated 9th January	 1974 of the Allahabad High Court in Criminal Appeal No. 356/77 connected with Criminal Appeal No. 723 of 1970. R. K. Garg	 section section Bhatnagar	 V. J. Francis and Sunil Kumar Jain for the Appellants. R. K. Bhat for the Respondent. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by BAHARUL ISLAM	 J. This appeal by special leave has been directed against the judgment and order passed by the Allahabad High Court dismissing two appeals filed by the appellants before it. The appellants were convicted under Sections 302	 307 and 323 all read with Section 149 of the Penal Code. They were sentenced to imprisonment for life	 each	 under Section 302/149	 rigorous imprisonment for 7 years	 each	 under Section 307/149 and rigorous imprisonment for six months	 each	 under Section 323/149 of the Penal Code. Appellants Harish Chandra and Nathu were further convicted under Section 148 of the Penal Code and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years	 each. The sentences were directed to run concurrently. The facts material for the purpose of disposal of this appeal may be stated thus. The prosecution alleges that there was 354 long standing enmity between the parties of the deceased and the appellants. Some time prior to the incident a flour mill was installed and a house constructed by P.W. 1	 Pahelwan	 in his plot of land. In front of the flour mill and the residence of Pahelwan there was some vacant land in his possession. The appellants had started throwing rubbish on the land. Pahelwan and his son	 Ram Swarup (deceased) objected to this. The appellants were annoyed at the objection of Pahelwan and his son Ram Swarup. On 31st December	 1968 at about noon appellants Harish Chandra and Ram Sewak had some alteration with Pahelwan and Ram Swarup in connection with throwing of rubbish on the aforesaid land and as a consequence the relation between the parties worsened. In the evening at about 8 O 'clock on the 1st of January	 1969	 appellant	 Ram Sewak	 armed with a lathi went to the front of the flour mill of Pahelwan and started to hurl abuses on Pahelwan and his son Ram Swarup. Appellant	 Ram Sewak	 challenged Pahelwan and his companions to see them that day. At that time	 it has been alleged	 an electric light was burning in the front of the room of the flour mill as usual. At the call of the appellant	 Ram Sewak	 the other appellants came variously armed with lathis and spears and started giving blows to Pahelwan and his son	 Ram Swarup	 both of whom	 according to the prosecution	 were unarmed. Pahelwan	 somehow	 managed to snatch the spear from the hand of the appellant	 Ishwari	 and started giving blows to the assailants in order to defend himself. At that time	 it has been further stated	 appellants Harish Chandra and Nathu fired their gun and pistol respectively. As a result	 Ram Swarup was hit and he fell down in front of the flour mill. The shot of Nathu hit P.W. 1 Pahelwan	 Lal Ram and Shri Kishan	 all of whom received injuries. Lekh Raj	 P.W.	 then attacked the appellants with his lathi	 as a result of which some injuries were caused to the appellants including Harish Chandra. Thereafter the appellants escaped. Ram Swarup succumbed to bullet injuries while he was being removed to the police station. A first information report was lodged by P.W. 1	 and eventually the appellants were committed to the court of Sessions that convicted and sentenced as stated above. Their appeal was also dismissed by the High Court as earlier stated. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that large number of injuries had also been received by the appellants and that there was no finding by the courts below as to how the assault 355 initially started and which party was the aggressor	 prosecution has not explained as to how the appellants received the injuries. As such	 he submitted	 the conviction for the offences with the aid of Section 149	 Penal Code	 was bad in law. In support of his contention he relied on a decision of this Court reported in AIR 1976 section C. 2263. This Court in A.I.R. 1976 S.C. 2263 has held: (1) That the prosecution has suppressed the genesis and the origin of the occurrence and has thus not presented the true version; (2) that the witnesses who have denied the presence of the injuries on the person of the accused are lying on most material point and therefore their evidence is unreliable; (3) that in case there is a defence version which explains the injuries on the person of the accused it is rendered probable so as to throw doubt on the prosecution case. The omission on the part of the prosecution to explain the injuries on the person of the accused assumes much greater importance where the evidence consists of interested or inimical witnesses or where the defence gives a version which competes in probability with that of the prosecution one. " The submission of the learned counsel is that the injuries found in the persons of the appellants have not been explained by the prosecution. The injuries are serious. The appellants had the right of private defence	 and therefore	 they have committed no offence. The submission of the learned counsel is not warranted by the findings of the High Court. The High Court agreeing with the trial Court has found that the prosecution case as alleged has been established by the evidence of the prosecution witnesses. The High Court as well as the trial Court has rejected the defence version of the case	 in view of their inconsistent pleas before the Committing Court and the trial Court. Before the Committing Magistrate pleas of appellants	 Harish Chandra and Soney Lal	 were alibi. The defence of appellants	 Ram Sewak and Nathu	 was that the occurr 356 ence had not taken place on the land of P.W. 1	 Pahelwan	 as alleged by the prosecution	 but it had taken place at a different place. According to them there was a quarrel in respect of some property between Ram Swarup	 (deceased) and Zorawar	 brother in law of Ram Swarup	 in which appellant Nathu intervened whereupon Pahelwan (P.W. 1)	 Lala Ram	 Shri Kishan	 Triloki	 Ram Swarup Prasad	 Munna Jamadar	 Lekthraj and others attacked the appellants and in that incident injuries were received by P.W. 1 and the deceased. The defence of appellant	 Ishwari	 before the Committing Magistrate was that Pahelwan (P.W.1)	 Lekh Raj and others attacked him	 as a result of which he became unconscious. The defence of the appellants before the Sessions Judge was one of the right of private defence. The defence of appellant Harish Chander before the Sessions Judge was an alibi. The defence of the other appellants was that Ishwari had been returning from Ghurwal Chak. At that time he was attacked by the prosecution witnesses and the deceased. The incident took place on a land between residence and flour mill of P.W.1 and in that assault the appellants had to defend themselves. On a consideration of the evidence on record the learned High Court agreeing with the Sessions Judge has accepted the version of the prosecution and rejected that of the defence. In coming to that conclusion the High Court has also taken notice of the fact that P.W.1. had a licensed gun. Had he and Ram Swarup and other P.W 's been the aggressors	 he (P.W.1) would not have come without the gun. In view of the "inconsistent pleas" and "in view of the fact that no infirmity worth the name has been shown in the statement of eye witnesses of the occurrence"	 the High Court accepted the prosecution case as true and held "that the defence case is false". The High Court has also held that "appellants were the aggressors". It is therefore	 not correct to suggest as contended by the learned counsel for the appellants that there were no findings on record to show as to how the quarrel started and that the appellants were the aggressors. From the findings of learned courts below the facts that emerge are (1) that it was the appellants who were the aggressors; (2) that the occurrence took place on the land in front of the house of P.W. 1	 Pahelwan	 who was in possession thereof; (3) that P.W.1 and the deceased had the right of the private defence of property and person and they did exercise that right. Aggres 357 sors	 even if they receive injuries from the victims of their aggression cannot have the right of private defence. The findings are that P.W.1 and the deceased were unarmed. P.W.1 snatched a weapon from one of the assailants and caused injuries on them. On the top of it two of the appellants brought fire arms and fired at the deceased and the P. W. 1	 as a result of which the deceased expired. The submissions of learned counsel for the appellants do not stand scrutiny. This appeal has no merit and is dismissed.

The prosecution alleged that there was a long standing enmity between the parties of the deceased and the appellants. There was a vacant plot of land in front of the flour mill and residence of PW. 1. The appellants started throwing rubbish on this piece of land. PW.1 and his son	 the deceased	 objected to this. On the fateful day at about noon there was an altercation in connection with the throwing of rubbish	 and at about 8 p.m. one of the appellants armed with a lathi went to the flour mill and challenged PW. 1 and his companions. At the call of this appellant	 the other appellants who were armed with gun	 pistol	 lathi and spear arrived at the spot. PW. 1 managed to snatch the spear from the hands of one of the appellants and started giving blows to the assailants in order to defend himself. At that time two of the appellants fired their gun and pistol as a result of which the son of PW. 1 received injuries	 to which he succumbed while being removed to the Police Station. The defence of the appellants was one of alibi and that the offence had not taken place on the land of PW. 1. The appellants were tried before the Sessions Judge who convicted and sentenced them under Sections 302 307 and 323 read with Section 149 of the Penal Code. The High Court dismissed the appeal. It agreed with the trial Court and found that the prosecution case was established by the evidence of the prosecution witnesses and that the defence version of the case had to be rejected on account of the inconsistent pleas made by the appellants before the committing court and the Sessions Court. In the appeal in this Court	 it was contended that there was no finding by the trial and appellate courts as to how the assault initially started and which party was the aggressor	 that the prosecution had not explained as to how the 353 appellants received the injuries	 and that the appellants had the right of private defence and	 therefore	 they had committed no offence. Dismissing the appeal	 ^ HELD: 1. The High Court rightly accepted the prosecution case as true and held that the defence case was false. [356 F] 2. The findings of the two courts below indicate that it was the appellants who were the aggressors and that the occurrence took place on the land lying in front of the house of PW. 1 who was in possession thereof and that the deceased and PW. 1 had the right of private defence of property and person and that they exercised that right. The appellants who were the aggressors	 even if they received injuries from the victims of their aggression	 cannot have any right of private defence. The findings are that the deceased and PW. 1 were unarmed and that P.W. 1 snatched the weapon from one of the assailants and caused injuries to them. If the deceased and the other prosecution witnesses had been the aggressors	 PW. 1 would not have come without his licensed gun. [356 H 357A	 356E]