JUDGMENT

Nalin Kumar Srivastava, J.—Since these appeals have been preferred against the same judgment and relate to same Crime Number, they were heard together and are being decided by this common judgment.

2. The Special Judge (DAA)/Additional Sessions Judge, Court No.5, Etah by judgment and order dated 22.11.2008 passed in Special Sessions Trial No. 25 of 1998 (Crime No. 346 of 1997), P.S. Soron, District Etah convicted and sentenced the appellants under Section 364A I.P.C. to undergo life imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 2,000/- each and under Section 307 I.P.C. read with Section 149 I.P.C. to undergo seven years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 500/- each and in default of payment of fine, to undergo three months additional rigorous imprisonment. All the sentences were directed to run concurrently. Aggrieved with the said judgment, present appeals have been preferred by the appellants.

3. Brief facts, as culled out from the record, are that a First Information Report was lodged by the informant, Chandra Pal son of Roopram, resident of Badanpur, Police Station Soron, District Etah, on 22.11.1997 at 2.45 p.m., with the averments that in the night of 21/22.11.1997, as usu