UMA NATH SINGH, J.

1. This common judgment shall also dispose of the connected matters being (i) Crl. Appeal No. 400-DB of 1998 (A. Surender Singh v. State of Haryana), (ii) Crl. Appeal No. 505-SB of 1998 (Yadvinder Singh v. State of Haryana), (iii) Crl. Appeal No. 520-SB of 1998 (Manjit Kaur v. State of Haryana) and (iv) Crl. Revision No. 1142 of 1998 (Phool Kishan Kundu versus Vikram Singh and others), as all these cases arise out of the impugned judgment of conviction and sentence passed in Sessions case (No. 27 of 1996) by learned Sessions Judge, Kurukshetra on 5-6-1998. Vide the said judgment, accused-appellants Vikram Singh and Surender Singh have been held guilty of offences under Sections 449/34, 376(g), 302/34 and 392, IPC read with Section 397, IPC whereas accused appellants Yadvinder Singh and Manjit Kaur, brother-in-law and sister of accused Surender Singh, have been convicted under Section 411, IPC. Appellants Vikram Singh and Surender Singh have been found to have committed : (a) house trespass by entering into the dwelling house of Smt. Usha Kundu for commission of murder, (b) gang rape on the person of the deceased, (c) murder by intentionally causing death