Lok Pal Singh, J.

All these criminal appeals have arisen out of judgment and order dated 05.12.2013 passed by Additional Sessions Judge V, Dehradun. Hence, they are being disposed of by this common judgment and order. Though, criminal jail appeal no. 29 of 2006 has been filed by accused/appellant Mehboob Hasan from jail, which was received by this Court through Superintendant, District Jail, Dehradun, he is already an appellant in criminal appeal no. 264 of 2014, as the same has been filed on his behalf and on behalf of co-accused/appellant Sanu Ahmad @ Sonu by their counsel.

2. Above-noted criminal appeals have been preferred against the judgment and order dated 05.12.2013 passed by Additional Sessions Judge-V, Dehradun in Sessions Trial No.163 of 2012, whereby said court has convicted the accused/appellants Deepak Chaudhary, Muntzir, Sanu Ahmed @ Sonu, Mehboob Hasan, Atul Trivedi and one another under Sections 342, 376(2)(g) and 323 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, IPC). Under Section 342 IPC, all the convicts have been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year along with a fine of Rs.1,000/- each; under Section 376(2)(g), they have been senten