(1.) This criminal appeal under Sec. 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed by the appellants against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dtd. 6/9/1997 passed in S.T. No.248/1996 (State of M.P. Vs. Sukhcharan and another), whereby they have been convicted for commission of offence under Sec. 307 of IPC and have been sentenced to 7-7 years R.I. by Sessions Judge, Balaghat.
(2.) The facts of the case, briefly stated, are as under :-
(3.) In the course of investigation Head Constable Nimar Chand (P.W.16) visited the place of occurrence and prepared site map Exhibit P/19. He seized blood stained cloth and prepared seizure memo Exhibit P/6. On 29/8/96 S.I. T. R. Sahu (P.W.12) seized bamboo stick from accused Rajendra and prepared seizure memo Exhibit P/7. He seized a spear from accused Sukhcharan and prepared seizure memo Exhibit P/16. He arrested both the accused persons and prepared arrest memo Exhibit P/17 and P/18. Seized bamboo wood and spear were sent to doctor for getting their opinion. Seized blood stained earth, from the plain earth, cloth, lathi and spear along with Exhibit P/20 memo were sent for chemical examination to F.S.L., Sagar. Exhibit P/1 F.S.L. report was received from Sagar. After completion of investigation, Police Bahela, District Balaghat filed charge sheet against the appellants/ accused before JMFC, Balaghat who in turn, committed the case to the Court of Sessions.