( 1 ) THESE three appellants-S/shri Chander Prakash @ Chander, Smt-Charneli Devi and Azmuddin have challenged their conviction andsentences awarded to them by an Additional Sessions Judge, Shahdara, videjudgment and order dated 30/03/1991, by which they were convicted of anoffence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Codeand also convicted under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code which was termedas forming part of the main offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Theappellants-Chander Prakash and Azmuddin were also convicted for an offencepunishable under Section 460 of the Indian Penal Code. All the appellants wereawarded imprisonment for life for the offence punishable under Section 302/34read with Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. The appellants-Chander Prakashand Azmuddin were further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for twoyears each for offence punishable under Section 460 of the Indian Penal Code.

( 2 ) FACTS of the case, in brief, are that Sia Ram, husband of Chameli Devi-appellant was having a crockery shop at Sanjay Market. At the time of theoccurrence, there were three daughters of the said couple