ORDER

Altamas Kabir, J. —

1.This Appeal, which arises out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.6276 of 2007, is directed against the judgment and order of the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Criminal Appeal No.898 of 1997, challenging the judgment and order of conviction passed by the Addl. Sessions Judge, Dhar, in Sessions Trial No.366 of 1994. By virtue of the said judgment, the Appellants, along with two other co-accused, were convicted under Sections 302/34, 326/34 and 324/34 of Indian Penal Code and sentenced to life imprisonment along with fine of Rs.5,000/- for the offence under Section 302/34 IPC, three years’ rigorous imprisonment along with fine of Rs.500/- for the offence under Section 326/34 IPC and one year’s rigorous imprisonment along with fine of Rs.500/- for the offence under Section 324/34 IPC along with further sentence in default of payment of fine. It may be mentioned that the Special Leave Petition filed by one of the other co-accused, Bhagwan, being S.L.P.(Crl.) No.540 of 2008, was rejected on 16th April, 2008, when notice was issued on S.L.P.(Crl.) No.6276 of 2007.

2.On 17th July, 2009, when the Special Leave Petition came up for admission, leav