[Criminal Appeal No. 1156 of 2007]. This appeal is filed against the judgment and order dated 15.04.2006 passed by the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan at Jaipur Bench in D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 247 of 2001 whereby the High Court dismissed the appeal in respect of the appellants herein and confirmed their conviction and sentence awarded by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Shahpura, District Jaipur, Rajasthan vide judgment dated 18.04.2001 in Session Case No. 24 of 2000. Brief facts: As per the prosecution case, Rameshwar (since deceased) was the guarantor for money settlement agreement between one Santosh and Jagdish, residents of Tehsil Bishangarh, P.S. Manoharpur, Jaipur, Rajasthan. When Jagdish started demanding money from Santosh prior to the expiry of the agreement, Rameshwar intervened between them. Since then Jagdish started keeping a grudge against him which is the root cause of the case in hand and resulted into death of two persons in a fight between them. On 16.07.2000, at 07.30 a.m., when Bhagwan Sahai (PW-8), Bodu Ram (PW-7) and Rameshwar (since deceased) were going towards the well of Padmawati while crossing the field of one Prabhat (since deceased), at that time, Gopal (A-1), Jagdish, Mahesh (A-3), Patasi, Teeja, Gokali and Sitabe laboured Rameshwar by inflicting lathi and axe blows. Due to the attack, Rameshwar died on the spot. When Bhagwan Sahai and Bodu Ram tried to intervene, they were also beaten by the accused party. When Prabhat (since deceased), who was working in his field along with his son-Badri Yadav (PW-10), approached towards Rameshwar for help, he was also beaten to death by the accused persons.
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