JUDGMENT

M.K. MUKHERJEE, J. :- Tejinder Singh and Darshan Singh (hereinafter referred to as A-1 and A-2 respectively) were tried by the Judge, Special Court, Ferozepore for the murder of Jasbir Singh. The trial ended in the conviction of A-1 under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (I.P.C. for short.) with a sentence of imprisonment for life and the acquittal of A-2 Aggrieved by his conviction and sentence A-1 has filed one of these two appeals (Criminal Appeal No. 481 of 1985 while the other one (Criminal Appeal No. 533 of 1985) has been filed by the State of Punjab against the acquittal of A-2 and for enhancement of sentence imposed upon A-1. Both the appeals have been heard together and this judgment will dispose of them. Shorn of details the prosecution case is as under:

2. A-1 and Jagjit Singh (PW-4), father of the deceased, own and possess adjoining plots of cultivable lands. Four days prior to the incident in question, an altercation took place between the deceased and A-1 over the watt (boundary line) of their respective plots. On July 19,1984, at or about 6.45 A.M.the deceased accompanied by his father had gone to cultivate their plot. Daljit Kaur, wife of the deceased a