JUDGMENT

G.S. Sandhawalia, J. (Oral). - The present appeal has been filed against the judgment dated 13.07.2007, passed by the Addl. Sessions Judge-II, Jind whereby the appellant has been held guilty and sentenced under Section 25 of the Arms Act, to undergo imprisonment for a period of one year and a fine of Rs.1000/- and in default, to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for 15 days. It is pertinent to notice that apart from the appellant-Sandeep, 2 other accused, Subhash and Kuldeep were also held guilty and convicted and it has been informed that no appeal has been preferred by them.

2. The Trial Court had tried 9 persons who had faced trial as accused in FIR No.88/2005 dated 02.06.2005, registered under Sections 302, 307, 148, 149 & 216 IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act for the offences under IPC whereas conviction has been recorded against the present appellant, Subhash and Kuldeep on account of the fact that there was sufficient evidence against them since one pistol of .315 bore along with one live cartridge and one empty cartridge were taken into possession vide recovery memo Ex.PV/1, in pursuance of the disclosure statement(Ex.PM). Similarly, against Subhash and Kuldeep