JUDGMENT

G.S. Sistani, J. This is an appeal filed against the judgment of the Trial Court dated 31.03.2016 in SC 115/08 arising out of FIR 622/2007 PS Narela by which the appellant stands convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (`IPC') and the order on sentence dated 11.04.2016 by which the appellant has been sentenced to undergo life imprisonment for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC with a fine of Rs.1 lakh, in default of payment of fine, to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year.

2. Before the rival submissions of the learned counsel for the parties can be noticed, we deem it appropriate to reproduce the case of the prosecution as noticed by the Trial Court, which reads as under:

"1. On 30.11.2007 Smt. Santra came to police station Narela and reported that on 29.11.2007 at about 12:00 noon Kuldeep made a call to her son Amit and asked him to reach railway crossing Bankner, thereafter her son Amit aged about 20 years reached railway phatak Bankner where Kuldeep along with one more boy whose name she does not know were present on motor cycle No.HR 10J 2718. Amit accompanied them. Amit was 5 ft 8 inch wearing white pants and o