[Criminal Appeal No.1189 of 2008]. These appeals by special leave arise from the judgment and order dated 23.08.2006 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in Criminal Appeal No.5747 of 2003. The Trial Court had convicted six accused persons namely Raghunandan @ Bade Mali, Mahesh, Shiv Singh, Brij Raj, Ram Niwas and Raju under Sections 148, 404, 302 read with 149 IPC and sentenced them to life imprisonment and other sentences. The accused challenged their conviction and sentence by filing Criminal Appeal No.5747 of 2003 in the High Court. By its judgment under appeal, the High Court affirmed the conviction and sentence of Shiv Singh and Ram Niwas while it acquitted other four accused. The acquittal of those four accused is challenged by the State in Criminal Appeal No.1189 of 2008 while the conviction and sentence of Shiv Singh and Ram Niwas is under challenge in Criminal Appeal No.1204 of 2008.
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