(1.) Regard being had to the similitude of the questions of fact and law involved; these batch of appeals are clubbed together being arising out of a common judgment dtd. 5/2/2013, passed in Sessions Trial No.10 of 2012 (State of Chhattisgarh vs. Ravishankar and 03 others), by the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Mungeli and they have been heard analogously and are being disposed off by this common judgment.
(2.) Criminal Appeal No. 194/2013 has been filed by the appellants, namely, Ravishankar (A-1) and Umend Prasad Dhrutlahre (A-2) under Sec. 374(2) of Cr.P.C. questioning the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dtd. 5/2/2013, whereby they have been convicted and sentenced as under: <FRM>JUDGEMENT_92_LAWS(CHH)1_2023_1.html</FRM>
(3.) Criminal Appeal No.232 of 2013 has been filed by the appellant, namely, Dinesh Chandrakar (A-3) under Sec. 374(2) of Cr.P.C. questioning the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dtd. 5/2/2013, whereby he has been convicted and sentenced as under: <FRM>JUDGEMENT_92_LAWS(CHH)1_2023_2.html</FRM>