Raj Rahul Garg, J.

Kirpal Singh and his wife Gurmit Kaur brought this appeal against the judgment of conviction dated 08.10.2003 and order on sentence of even date, whereby, both the appellants were convicted for committing offence punishable under Section 3(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short 'SC and ST Act') and for the offence punishable under Sections 353, 186 and 506 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC'). For committing offence punishable under Section 3 (x) of the SC and ST Act, both the appellants were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 3 years and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/- each. In default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one month each; for committing offence punishable under Section 353 IPC, they were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 1 = years each and to pay a fine of Rs.300/- each. In default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for one month each. Likewise for committing an offence punishable under Section 186 IPC, both the appellants were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment fo