JUDGMENT

Arijit Pasayat, J.-These appeals relate to a common judgment of Punjab and Haryana High Court and, therefore, are taken up together for disposal. The appellants who faced trial for alleged commission of offences punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short the IPC ) and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, 1959 (in short the Arms Act ) were acquitted by the trial Court. By the impugned judgment, a Division Bench of the High Court reversed the judgment of acquittal and found the accused persons guilty of the charged offences and imposed life sentence for offence relatable to Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC. Accused Jas Ram and Main Pal were sentenced to undergo sentence of one year and six months respectively for offences under Section 27 and 25 of the Arms Act respectively.

2. Prosecution version in a nutshell is as follows :

Giarsi, younger sister of Ram Sarup (PW-1) was earlier married to Hans Raj (hereinafter referred to as "deceased"), son of Devi Lal (PW-2) about two months before the date of incident. Deceased was earlier married to Rukmani of Village Munda (Rajasthan), the sister of the two accused, namely Jas Ram an