JUDGMENT

Siddharth Mridul, J. - The present Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(2) read with Section 383 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (“Cr.P.C”) assails the judgment dated 24.04.2019 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (Central), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, whereby the Appellant has been convicted under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (“IPC”) for committing the murder of the deceased, Mukesh, by stabbing him with a knife, in collusion with the co-perpetrator of the crime, Nisar (not arrested), who inflicted deadly injuries upon the deceased with a broken glass bottle. By way of the order on sentence dated 30.04.2019, the Appellant has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life along with a fine of Rs.10,000/-, and in default whereof, to undergo further simple imprisonment for 03 months.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the Appellant along with coperpetrator, Nisar, motivated by a grudge that the deceased was a police informant, stabbed the deceased on vital parts of his body with a knife and a broken glass bottle causing his death. It is also the case of the prosecution that a blood-stained handkerchief and a knife were