JUDGMENT

1. The appellants were convicted by judgment and order dated 7th December, 2015, passed by Additional Sessions Judge, City Civil and Sessions Court Greater Mumbai in Sessions Case No.399 of 2012, for the offences punishable under Sections 489-B and 489-C read with 120-B of Indian Penal Code ('IPC', for short). For the offence punishable under Section 489(B) of IPC, both the appellants were sentenced to stuffier imprisonment of 10 years and fine of Rs.25,000/-, each for the offence punishable under Section 489 (C) of IPC, they were sentenced to stuffier imprisonment for 7 years and fine of Rs.10,000/-, each. For conviction under Section 120 (B) of IPC, they were sentenced to stuffier imprisonment of one year and fin of Rs.3,000/- each. Both were acquitted of the offence punishable under Section 489 (A) of IPC.

2 The case of prosecution is as under:

(i) Information was received that three persons are likely to come at Nandi Gulli, Bandra (West) on 7th February, 2012 at 09:00 a.m. for circulating fake/counterfeit currency notes. Trap was laid and three persons were apprehended. They disclosed their names as Mohd. Mittu Dinesh Shaikh, Jiyaulhak Idris Shaikh and Mohd. Luthpur Mohd