JUDGMENT :

ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J.

1. The Criminal Reference and these four Appeals have arisen from a common judgment and order dated 27.03.2018/30.03.2018, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Vikasnagar, District Dehradun in Sessions Trial No. 39 of 2015 State of Uttarakhand vs. Raju Das and three Others. All the appellants-accused have been convicted for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 201, 392, 411 and Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short “IPC”).

2. The Trial Court has awarded death sentence to the appellant-accused Raju Das for the offence under Section 302 IPC and referred the matter to this Court for confirmation of the same in terms of the provisions of Section 366 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

3. Appellants Kundan Das, Guddu and Bablu have been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and a fine of Rs.50,000/- each for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC and in default of payment of fine to further undergo for two years each.

4. All the appellants have been sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years each and a fine of Rs. 10,000/- each for the offence under Section 201 IPC, and in default of paym