JUDGMENT

P.K. Bahri, J.- These two appeals, one by appellant Bhagat Bahadur and another by appellant Kul Bahadur, have been preferred against the judgment dated August 22, 1992 and order dated August 24, 1992 of an Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi by which these two appellants have been convicted of an offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code for having committed the murder of Smt. Pushpa Aggarwal and have been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine or Rs. 1,000/- each and in default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months.

2. The facts of the case in brief are that deceased Pushpa Devi was living with her husband PW-2 Puran Prakash and sons PW-1 Rajeev and PW-7 Arvind Aggarwal in House No. B-27, M.G. Marg, Adarsh Nagar, Delhi during the year 1987. The appellant Bhagat Bahadur was employed with them as a domestic servant at the relevant time. It is the case of the prosecution that the deceased lady, being of short-tempered nature, was not satisfied with the work and conduct of appellant Bhagat Bahadur and often used to scold him which was being resented by the appellant who u