JUDGMENT :

Sandeep Mehta, J.

1. These two appeals arise out of an incident dated 28.09.2006, in which Mohd. Hussain, a taxi driver, was murdered near the Meja Dam, District Bhilwara. The Investigating Officer investigated the matter and filed two separate charge-sheets because appellants herein, i.e. Surendra Kumar and Smt. Usha Joshi, were arrested earlier, whereas, the accused Mukesh @ Sonu was absconding. The trials of Surendra Kumar and Smt. Usha Joshi were held jointly, whereas, the case of the accused Mukesh @ Sonu arrested later was tried separately. The Sessions Case No. 9/2007 registered against the accused appellants Surendra Kumar and Smt. Usha Joshi was decided vide judgment dated 17.04.2008, whereby the learned Additional Sessions Judge (Fast Track) No. 1, Bhilwara convicted and sentenced them as under: