JUDGMENT :

Jagdish Prasad Gupta, J.

This judgment shall govern the disposal of aforesaid both criminal appeals as these appeals have been preferred against the same judgment.

1. These appeals have been filed under section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure by the appellants challenging the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 11.11.2008 passed by learned 16th Additional Sessions Judge, Jabalpur in Sessions Trial No. 269/07; whereby the appellants have been convicted under Section 306 of the IPC and each of them has been sentenced to undergo RI for 7 years along with fine of Rs. 1000/- with default stipulation as mentioned in the impugned judgment.

2. In brief, relevant facts of the case are that, on 26.5.2006 at 17:00 O'clock Police Station Omti received an information from Victoria Hospital with regard to death of one Kisanlal S/o. Laxman Prasad Prajapati, Aged about 50 years, R/o. Village Nai Basti, Kusner, due to consuming some poisonous substance, upon which, Police Station Omti registered a marg no. 0/06 under Section 174 of Cr.P.C. and thereafter, sent it to the Police Station Panagar for further investigation and after marg inquiry, crime no. 346/06