Darshan Singh, J.

This judgment shall dispose of all the three appeals against conviction, mentioned above which have arisen out of the same judgment dated 25.08.2003, vide which the appellant Baldev Singh has been held guilty and convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 489-A, 489-C and 489D of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') and appellants Iqbal Singh, Sukhwinder Singh and Munna Lal have been held guilty and convicted for the offences punishable under Section 489C IPC and have been sentenced as under:--

2. The sequence of the events leading to this prosecution are that on 23.09.2001, PW-2 SI Bhupinder Singh along with other police employees received a secret information, while holding Nakabandi in front of Atwal Petrol in the area of Urban Estate, Phase-II main road Patiala, that appellants Iqbal Singh, Sukhwinder Singh @ Sukha and Baldev Singh were dealing in fake currency notes. They give the fake currency notes of Rs. 20,000/- of denomination of Rs. 100/- each in lieu of Rs. 10,000/- of genuine currency notes. It was also informed by the informant that they purchase articles for Rs. 10/- by giving 100/- rupee fake currency note and get back the balance