(Delivered by Hon'ble Alok Kumar Mukherjee, J.)

1- This appeal has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 22.3.1983, passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Meerut in S.T. No.78 of 1979 (State Vs. Amrik Singh and another) arising out of Crime No. 83 of 1978, P.S. Parikshatgarh, District Meerut, convicting and sentencing the appellants Amrik Singh and Har Kirat Singh on both the counts under Section 302 IPC and Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC to undergo imprisonment for life.

2- The appellants Amrik Singh and Har Kirat Singh have filed this appeal against the aforementioned judgment and order dated 22.3.1983 on the ground that the learned trial court below has erred in believing the prosecution case and the evidence examined in support thereof and that the conviction of the appellant is against the weight of evidence on record.

3- Brief facts of the prosecution case are that on 1.4.1978 at about 11:00 P.M. informant PW-1 Gurnam Singh S/O Preetam Singh gave a written report at police station Parikshitgarh, Sub District Mawana, District Meerut, stating therein that his aunt Ramdeyi Ran Singh had three daghters who were living in their marital homes, hence