Judgment

K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY, J. :- These three appeals are filed by the original accused Nos. 1 and 3 against the judgment of the Punjab & Haryana High Court. The two appellants along with Bawa Singh and Bir Singh. original accused Nos. 2 and 4 respectively were tried for offences punishable under Sections 302 and 30734, I.P.C. for causing the death of one Gulab Singh and for attempting to commit the murder of the witnesses. The trial Court convicted the two appellants under Section 302/34, I.P.C. and sentenced each of them to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- in default of payment of which to undergo six months R.I. The two appellants were also separately convicted under S.25 of the Arms Act and sentenced to undergo one years R.I. Questioning those convictions the accused preferred three appeals to the High Court and all the three appeals were dismissed. Hence the present appeals.

2. The prosecution case is as follows:-

The deceased Gulab Singh and the material witnesses including the three eye-witnesses P.Ws. 4. 5 and 6 belong to village Mehma Sarja. P. W. 4 is the son of the deceased. There was enmity between the deceased and his family members and th