Ram Prasanna Sharma, J.

1. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 3-3-2008 passed by the Sessions Judge, Rajnandgaon (for short, “the trial Court”) in Sessions Trial No.101 of 2006, whereby the trial Court after holding the appellants guilty for commission of murder and causing disappearance of evidence of the offence, convicted the accused/appellants under Sections 302 read with Section 34, 201 of the IPC and Section 5 of Chhattisgarh Tonhi Pratadna Nivaran Adhiniyam, 2005 and sentenced them to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs. 2000/-, RI for two years and to pay fine of Rs.1000/- and RI for two years and to pay fine of Rs.1000/- respectively, with default stipulations.

2. In the present case, name of the deceased is Basanti Bai. The appellant No.1 Shankarlal is husband of the deceased and the appellant No.2 Itwari Ram is elder brother of Shankarlal. Death of Basanti Bai took place in the intervening night of 25/26-7-2006 at village Korguda (Dharmutola). On 26-7-2006 at about 2.20 pm one Gopal, uncle o