A.N.JINDAL, J.

1. This judgment shall dispose of four appeals i.e. CRA Nos. 234-DB, 247-B, 255-DB of 2005 and CRA No. 171-DB of 2007. All the appeals having arisen out of the same judgment (i.e. judgment dated 21-2-2005) passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Panchkula, vide which, four accused-appellants (hereinafter referred to as the appellants) namely, Lovepreet Kaur, Parminder Mohan, Manjit Singh alias Mithu and Lohit Kaushal were convicted under Section 364-A, 342 read with Section 120-B, IPC and accused Manjit Singh alias Mithu was also convicted under Section 411, IPC and they were sentenced as under :-

u/S. 364-A read with Section 120-B, IPC All the four appellants were sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 5000/- each, in default of payment of fine, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year;

U/S. 342 read with Section 120-B, IPC All the four to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs. 500/- each, in default of payment of fine, to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for 3 months;

U/S. 411 Accused Manjit Singh alias Mithu to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay fine of Rs. 1000/-, in defult