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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973--Section 235(2)--Adjournment against proposed sentence--No request for--Held--Sentence imposed was not vitiated for noncompliance with Section 235(2) of the Code. [Para 14]Indian Penal Code, 1860--Section 302 read with 149--Murder of 13 persons--Others seriously injured--Death sentence--Challenged--No evidence that the appellants were involved in any other criminal case--No direct evidence regarding motive except earlier confrontation--No direct evidence--But 13 persons killed on spot and eight seriously injured--One of them was 7 years old and three between 15 to 17--Held--Aggravating circumstances for outweigh the mitigating circumstances--Imprisonment for life not adequate sentence--Order of staying the execution of capital punishment is vacated.