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2017 Supreme(Del) 4359

S.MURALIDHAR, I.S.MEHTA
Rakesh – Appellant
Versus
State – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant :Joginder Tuli, Mr. Ashu Kumar Sharma, Ms. Joshini Tuli and Ms. Babita Rana, Advocates
For the Respondent: Ms. Kusum Dhalla, APP

JUDGMENT :

S. Muralidhar, J.:

1. These are the two appeals by Geeta and Rakesh, Accused Nos.1 and 2 (A-1 and A-2), challenging the impugned judgment dated 20th December 2014 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-04, South-West District, Dwarka, New Delhi (‘ASJ’) convicting them for the offences punishable under Sections 302/201/34 Indian Penal Code (‘IPC’) as well as the order of sentence dated 23rd December 2014 sentencing them to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/- each and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo simple imprisonment (‘SI’) for three months. In addition, the Appellants were also sentenced to rigorous imprisonment (‘RI’) for one year for the offence under section 201/34 IPC along with a fine of Rs.5,000/- and in default of payment of fine, they shall further undergo SI for one month.

2. The trial Court held that since there was no evidence on record that the accused persons conspired with each other or co-accused Bhagwan Singh to commit the murder of the deceased, Inderjeet, they stood acquitted for the offence punishable under Section 120B IPC.

3. The case of the prosecution is that A-1 was having an affair with the decea












































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