JUDGMENT :

1. The Appellants are the original accused Nos.1 and 2 in Sessions Case No.244 of 2014 on the file of Additional Sessions Judge at Pune. The Appellants have challenged the impugned judgment and order passed by the learned trial Judge on 19/07/2017 in that case.

2. The Appellants were convicted and sentenced as follows;

(1) Both were convicted for commission of offence punishable u/s 307 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code and each of them was sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and to pay a fine of Rs.25,000/- each and in default of payment to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one year each.

(2) Both of them were convicted for commission of offence punishable u/s 326 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Each of them was sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/- each and in default to suffer further rigorous imprisonment for one year each.

(3) Both of them were convicted for commission of offence punishable u/s 324 r/w 34 of the IPC, but no separate sentence was imposed under this section.

(4) Both of them were convicted for offence punishable u/s 341 r/w 34 of the IPC and each of them was sentenced to suffer rigorous impris