Judgment :-

Dr. B.S. Chauhan, J.

1. These criminal appeals have been preferred against the impugned judgment and order dated 8.9.2010, passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in Criminal Appeal Nos.833, 855 and 864 of 2008 by which the High Court has affirmed the death sentence and confirmed the judgment and orders of the learned District & Sessions Judge dated 11/17.7.2008, passed in Sessions Case No.152 of 2005 with certain observation about the charging Sections of the Indian Penal Code 1860 (hereinafter referred to as ‘IPC’) by which and whereunder the appellants have been convicted under Sections 364/302/201 r/w Section 34 IPC and for the offences punishable under Section 364 r/w Section 34 IPC, sentenced to undergo RI for 7 years and a fine of Rs.25,000/- each and in default of payment of fine to undergo a further imprisonment for a period of 18 months. They have been further convicted under Section 201 r/w Section 34 IPC and sentenced to undergo RI for 5 years and a fine of Rs.10,000/- each and in default to undergo further RI for a period of 12 months. All the three appellants have been further convicted under Section 302 r/w Section 34 IPC and awarded death penalt