S. Muralidhar, J.

1.1 These three appeals are directed against the judgment dated 10th March 2017 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), North District in SC No.57677/2016, arising out of the FIR No.125/10, registered at Police Station (‘PS’) Kanjhawla, convicting the three Appellants for the offence under Section 302 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code (‘IPC’). Additionally, Nitin Dabas (Accused No. 1: A1) was also found guilty of the offences under Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act.

1.2 These appeals are also directed against the order on sentence dated 16th March 2017 of the learned ASJ whereby, for the offence under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC, all three Appellants were sentenced to undergo life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs.1 lakh each and, in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment (‘SI’) for one year. A1 was also further sentenced to rigorous imprisonment (‘RI’) for one year along with fine of Rs.1000/- and, in default of payment of fine, to undergo SI for one month for the offence under Section 25 of the Arms Act and an identical sentence for the offence under Section 27 of the Arms Act. The sentences were