JUDGMENT:

B.P. Dharmadhikari, J.

1. Accused no.1 is appellant in Criminal Appeal No.125 of 2013 while accused no.2 has filed Criminal Appeal No.124 of 2013. These appeals are directed against the judgment and order dated 21/12/2012 delivered by 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Thane in Sessions Case No. 59 of 2011. Accused no.1 was at the time of commission of offence aged about 21 years while accused no. 2 was aged about 20 years.

2. They have been sentenced to life imprisonment for committing offence punishable under section 302, 201 and 379 read with 34 of IPC for killing deceased Nilesh with the help of a string on 23/10/2010. His body was then put into a suitcase which was then abandoned with an intention to cause the evidence to disappear and to screen themselves. A golden chain on his person is also claimed to have been stolen. Thus both the accused persons are convicted under section 302, 201, 379 IPC read with 34 IPC.

3. The incident occurred on 23/10/2010 at about 4.00 hrs in the afternoon and police got the knowledge on 24/10/2010 when in the morning report of an abandoned bag was received by them. The bag was in front of Pimpaleshwar Mahadev temple and information was given b