JUDGMENT :

Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.

In the instant appeal, the appellants have challenged the judgment of conviction dated 30.01.2016 and order of sentence dated 02.02.2016 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-IX, Muzaffarpur in Sessions Trial No. 787 of 2014 arising out of Paroo P.S. Case No. 56 of 2014 by which they have been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 302 /34, 307, 326, 325, 324 and 323 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life till death and a fine of Rs. 1 lac for the conviction under Section 302 /34 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE and rigorous imprisonment for ten years and a fine of Rs. 50,000/-for the conviction under Section 307 of the India Penal Code and in default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years. However, no separate sentence has been awarded for the conviction under Sections 326 , 325, 324 and 323 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE .

2. The prosecution case, in short, as disclosed in the fardbeyan of Abhinav Kumari @ Gunja Kumari (P.W.11), daughter of Late Baliram S