Arun Madan, J.-These two criminal appeals have been preferred by appellants Nathu Singh and Madho Singh) challenging the Judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge No. 1 Jaipur City who convicted each of them and sentenced as under:

Under Section 302/34 IPC - Life imprisonment: with a fine of Rs. 25,000/-(in default, 3 yrs’ RI)

Under Section 323 IPC - One year’s Simple imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 500/-(in default, 3 months S

Under Section 341 IPC - One month’s Simple imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 500/-(in default, 7 days SI

2. All substantive sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

3. Factsin a narrow compass are that written report was lodged at PS Jhotwara (Jaipur) by Kishore Singh Sb Om Singh on 03-05-1999 alleging inter alia that on 01-05-99 at about 11 pm, Natthu Singh and Madho Singh (appellants) came in a bullet motorcycle to his house and asked his father to accompany them whereupon his father told him and his mother to accompany them and accordingly his father left his house by accompanying them (accused) but did not return to the house for whole of the night; that next day at about 7 A.M. Nathu Singh came to his house and informed him that his father had m