JUDGMENT

Arijit Pasayat, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. These three appeals relate to the judgment of a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dealing with Criminal Appeal No. 366-SB of 1999, Criminal Appeal No. 557-DB A of 1999 and Criminal Revision No. 788 of 1999. The first Criminal appeal was filed by the present appellants. The second criminal appeal was filed by the State of Haryana and the third i.e. Criminal Revision Petition was filed by the complainant Gulam Bashir.

3. Background facts in a nutshell are as follows:

4. Originally there were 11 accused persons and they were the appellants in Criminal Appeal No. 366-SB of 1999. They were convicted for offences punishable under Sections 148, 302 Part II read with Sections 149, 325 read with Sections 149, 324 read with Section 149 and 323 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short the `IPC'). They were convicted in the following manner:

Name Convic Sentence Amount Sentence of tion awarded of awarded Convict recorded Fine Under imposed in Section default of payment of fine 1. Dalip 304 Five Rs.700/ Four Singh Part II years RI months IPC Each - RI 2. Mir read Singh with 149 IPC 3. Pars 325 Three Rs.300/ Two h