JUDGMENT :

Sanjay Kumar, J.

1. Ajit Pal @ Bobby, a 15-year-old lad, was killed brutally in the last week of July, 2013. A neighbour, Om Prakash Yadav, along with his brother, Raja Yadav, and son, Rajesh @ Rakesh Yadav, stood trial in Sessions Case No. 560 of 2013 for Ajit Pal’s murder and connected offences. By judgment dated 29.12.2016 passed therein, the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, convicted all three of them on different counts. Om Prakash Yadav was held guilty under Section 364A read with Section 120B IPC while Raja Yadav and Rajesh Yadav were held guilty of offences under Section 302 IPC read with Section 120B IPC; Section 364A read with Section 120B IPC; and Section 201 IPC. Sentences were passed against the three of them on the same day. Om Prakash Yadav was sentenced to life imprisonment along with default imprisonment of two months, if he failed to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/-. Raja Yadav and Rajesh Yadav were sentenced to death for the offences under Sections 302 and 364A IPC and to two months default imprisonment each, if they individually failed to pay the fine amounts of Rs.1,000/- and Rs.1,000/- respectively. Both of them were also sentenced