JUDGMENT

Mukta Gupta, J. By the present appeals, the five appellants challenge the common impugned judgment dated 22nd June, 2020 whereby, six out of ten accused who faced trial were convicted for conspiring to murder one Vijay Yadav (`deceased.) for offences punishable under Sections 302 IPC and 120-B IPC and the order on sentence dated 22nd September, 2020 whereby they were awarded imprisonment for life along with fine. The sixth convict Bhisham @ Chintoo has not preferred any appeal against his conviction. No leave to appeal petition has been filed by the State against the acquitted accused.

2. In a nutshell, case of the prosecution is that on 29th September, 2007, a PCR call was received at PS Hauz Qazi regarding a man being shot at Gali Arya Samaj, Sita Ram Bazaar, on which, DD No. 15-A was recorded. The other call received regarding the incident was recorded vide DD No. 16A. Both these informations were marked to SI Mahmood Ali and he alongwith SHO Insp. Anil Sharma and other police personnel reached the spot and found blood on the ground in front of H.No. 2745. An empty shell of 9 mm cartridge was also found near the scene of crime. On enquiry, it was found that at around 7.