[Criminal Appeal No. 412 of 2006]. This criminal appeal by special leave is directed against the impugned judgment and order dated 02.06.2005 passed in Crl. A. No. 184 of 1999(A) by the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore whereby partly allowing the appeal filed by the State, the High Court has set aside the acquittal order passed by the Trial Court and convicted the appellant nos. 1 to 4 for the offences punishable under Sections 304 part II, 324, 353, 379 and 411 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short the "IPC"). However, it has upheld the acquittal of all the four appellants for the offence punishable under Section 24(e) of the Karnataka Forest Act. Brief facts are stated hereunder to appreciate the rival legal contentions urged on behalf of the parties: The case of the prosecution is that on 27.06.1995, at around 3.00 am, the informant party, comprising of about 10 forest officials in a jeep, intercepted a bullock cart on Yallur-Nitagikoppa Kacha Road.
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