A.J. Shastri, J.

1. The present Criminal Appeal is filed by the appellant-original accused under section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ('Cr.P.C.' for short) against the judgment and order dated 23.1.2015 passed in Sessions Case No. 37 of 2012 by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jamnagar, whereby original accused was convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 5000/- and in default of payment of fine, to undergo further simple imprisonment for six months for the offence punishable under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and also ordered to undergo simple imprisonment for three months for the offence punishable under section 135(1) of Gujarat Police Act. Both these sentences were ordered to run concurrently. The accused was given set off for the period already undergone in jail.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on account of dispute between the appellant accused and the complainant side, though Shoeb and the appellant-accused were good friends, the accused was demanding the amount from Shoeb. As