Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J.

These appeals are directed against the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Una, District Una, in Session Trial No. 30/2011, whereby the appellants have been convicted and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine Rs.10,000/- each under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘Code’) and in default of payment to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year. They are further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of five years and pay fine Rs.3000/- each under Section 392 of the Code and in default to further undergo simple imprisonment for six months. All the sentences shall run concurrently and the period of detention undergone has been ordered to be set of under Section 428 Cr.P.C.

2. The prosecution story, in brief, is that on 26.4.2011, at about 11:30 p.m., Pardhan of Gram Panchyat, Bathri telephonically informed the police that a woman had been stabbed by some unknown persons who came on motorcycle and after stabbing the lady had fled away towards Punjab side. On the basis of this information rapat Ex.PW2/A entered in Police Station, H