Arvind Singh Sangwan, J.

1. Prayer in this appeal is for setting-aside the judgment dated 26.09.2016 passed by the trial Court vide which respondents No. 2 to 5 were acquitted of the charge under Sections 120-B, 380 and 497 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short IPC) (though one of the co-accused namely Ashok Kumar was convicted for the charge framed against him under Section 497 IPC and he was sentenced to undergo 02 years rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- and in default of payment of fine to further undergo imprisonment for a period of 01 month).

2. Counsel for the applicant at the very outset, has stated that said Ashok Kumar had filed an appeal i.e. Criminal Appeal No. 503/2016 vide Filing No. 7793/2016 titled as Ashok Kumar vs. State of Punjab and Another, challenging the aforesaid judgment of conviction dated 26.09.2016 under Section 497 IPC and the same was allowed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar vide judgment dated 12.12.2017 (which is taken on record as Mark 'X') and even, Ashok Kumar was acquitted of the charge framed against him under Section 497 IPC.

3. Brief facts of the case are that the applicant-Roop Lal, who is a NRI and is