JUDGMENT

Virender Singh, J. - By this judgment, I shall be disposing of four cases (viz. Criminal Appeal Nos. 316-SB and 344-SB of 1989 and Criminal Revision Nos. 1051 and 1052 of 1989). However, the judgment is being prepared in Criminal Appeal No. 316-SB of 1989.

2. Dharamvir and Maha Singh appellants herein have been convicted and sentenced by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jind vide impugned judgment dated 17.7.1989 as under:

U/S 376 Indian Penal Code, RI for ten years and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- each, in default to suffer further RI for six months.

U/S 366 Indian Penal Code, RI for four years and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- each, in default to suffer further RI for six months.

3. However, both the substantive sentences have been ordered to run concurrently.

4. Raj Rani (PW-12) is the prosecutrix in this case. She is daughter of Ram Kishan (PW-11).

5. Briefly, the case of the prosecution is that on 16.10.1988 when Ram Kishan returned to his house after performing his duty, his wife Premo told him that their daughter Raj Rani was not traceable and had left her home at about 3.00 PM. Search was made for her in the neighbourhood and at the houses of other relatives but