(1.) THESE appeals have been filed against the impugned judgment dated 5/4/1999 of the Bombay High Court in Criminal Appeal Nos. 32, 71 and 83 of 1996.
(2.) HEARD learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.
(3.) HOWEVER, nine of the accused, being original accused no.1, 2, 6 to 14 being Tulsiram Bhanudas Kamble, Ramchandra Bhanudas Kamble, Ashok Sahebrao Waghmare, Dagadu Shankar Naikwadi, Dnyaneshwar Shankar Naikwadi, Santosh Dashrath Kothalkar, Anil Dhondiram Mane, Sunil Dhondiram Mane and Rajendra Dashrath Kothalkar filed an appeal before the Bombay High Court. The High Court by the impugned judgment dated 5.4.1999 acquitted five of the appellants being Ramchandra Bhanudas Kamble, Ashok Sahebrao Waghmare, Dnyaneshwar Shankar Naikwadi, Santosh Dashrath Kothalkar and Sunil Dhondiram Mane on all counts and ordered them to be released.