Judgment :

Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, J.

1. The appellant in Criminal Appeal No.447 of 2010 is A-1 and the appellants in Criminal Appeal No.484 of 2010 are A-2 and A-3. Both these appeals are directed against the common judgment rendered by the Division Bench of Delhi High Court in Criminal Appeal No.33 of 1993 dated 06.03.2009 preferred by the appellants in both these appeals.

2. At the very outset it must be stated that the appellants were Police Constables. The appellant in Criminal Appeal No.447 of 2010 was Head Constable and the other two appellants in Criminal Appeal No.484 of 2010 were Constables. The appellant in Criminal Appeal No.447 of 2010 was convicted for the offence under Section 302 read with Section 34 along with the appellants in Criminal Appeal No.484 of 2010 and was sentenced to undergo life imprisonment apart from fine of Rs.5000/- each and in default of the payment of fine to undergo rigorous imprisonment for four months. The appellants in Criminal Appeal No.484 of 2010 were also convicted for the offence under Section 330 read with Section 34 IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years along with fine of Rs.1000/- each and