Hemant Gupta, J.:- This order shall dispose of Criminal Appeal No.127-DB of 2007 filed by Rajveer Singh and Surinder Singh and Criminal Appeal No. 240-DB of 2007 filed by Jagtej Singh, against the judgment and order dated 22.1.2007 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Jalandhar convicting appellant-Jagtej Singh, under Section 376(2)(g) IPC and sentencing him to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.30,000/-and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo RI for one year; convicting the said appellant under Section 302 IPC and sentencing him to undergo life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.50,000/- and in default of payment thereof to undergo further RI for two years and both the sentences were ordered to run consecutively i.e., one after another.

2. Appellants Rajveer Singh and Surinder Singh @ Manga have been convicted under Section 376(2)(g) IPC and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.30,000/- each.

3. The prosecution case was sent in motion on the basis of statement of the prosecutrix (Ex.PE) given to ASI Bharat Bhushan on 6.1.2005 at 5.50 p.m. She has stated that on 9.10.2004, Jagtej Singh of her village asked her to