JUDGMENT :

S. K. KULSHRESTHA, J.

Appellant-Narayan Singh has filed this appeal against the judgment dated 9-5-2007 of the learned II Additional Sessions Judge, Ujjain, in Sessions Trial No. 25/2005, by which the appellant has been convicted under section 302 on three counts and sentenced to death, subject to confirmation by this Court under section 366(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure; under section 307 for attempting at the life of Shashank Shah (PW 1); under section 307 for attempting at the life of Nandini Shah (PW 9), for which the accused has been awarded imprisonment for life under each count; under section 364 of the Indian Penal Code for abduction of Shashank Shah (PW 1) and Nandini Shah (PW 9) for which sentence awarded is imprisonment for life; under section 404 of the Indian Penal Code, to three years rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs. 1,000/-; and, under section 201 for screening the above offences and sentence of five years rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs. 1,000/- thereunder.

2. Since sentence of death has been awarded, Death Reference No. 1/2007 has been received from the trial Court under the provisions of section 366(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code for co