Judgment

FAZAL ALI, J. - This appeal under Section 2 of the SC Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1970 is directed against an order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana dated 31st July, 1972 by which the appellants Piara Singh and Gian Singh had been convicted under Sec. 302, Indian Penal Code and sentenced to imprisonment for life and Kashmir Singh and Joginder Singh were convicted under Sections 302/34, Indian Penal Code and sentenced to imprisonment for life. The appellants were tried under the aforesaid sections by the Sessions Judge, Amritsar who however acquitted them of the charges framed against them. On appeal to the High Court by the State of Punjab the High Court was of the view that the judgment of the learned Sessions Judge was absolutely wrong and the High Court reversed the judgment of the Sessions Judge and convicted the appellants as indicated above.

2. Both the Courts below have given a complete and exhaustive narration of the details of the prosecution case and it is not necessary for us to repeat the same all over again. The present occurrence has resulted in the death of Surjit Singh a collateral of the accused and appears to be a result of a