JUDGMENT

Dr. B.S.Chauhan, J.-This appeal has been preferred against the impugned judgment and order dated 27.3.2008 in Criminal Appeal No. 553-DB of 2006 of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh, by way of which, the High Court has affirmed the judgment and order of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Gurgaon, dated 26.4.2006, by which the appellant was convicted alongwith the co-accused, Shivani Chopra under Sections 302/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, (hereinafter referred to as the `IPC’), and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/- each; under Section 201 IPC, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay a fine of Rs.300/- each; and also under Section 120-B IPC, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years. In addition to this, the appellant was also convicted under Section 404 IPC, and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of Rs.200/-. However, it was ordered that all the aforementioned substantive sentences, would run concurrently.

2. The facts and circumstances giving rise to this appeal are as under:

A. On 27.12.2002 at 1.00 P.M., one Krishan Pal (PW.10), a resident of Villag