1. We have heard Shri Satish Trivedi, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Ajay Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the appellants, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

2. These appeals have been filed against the judgment and order dated 21.01.2019, passed by learned Additional District and Sessions Judge / Fast Track Court No.2, Hapur, in Sessions Trial No.313 of 2016 (State v. Chintoo alias Kuldeep) and Sessions Trial No.314 of 2016 (State v. Monti alias Ravindra), arising out of Case Crime No.566 of 2015, under S.452, S.376, S.386, S.506, S.302 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Pilakhua, District Hapur, in which the trial court has convicted the accused - appellant Chintoo alias Kuldeep under S.452, S.376, S.386, S.506 and S.302 I.P.C. and the accused - appellant Monti alias Ravindra under S.452, S.386, S.506, S.302, S.376/511 I.P.C. The appellants have been sentenced to life imprisonment, besides other sentences in respective offences, apart from fine.

3. The prosecution case, in brief, is as under:

4. The complainant is a proprietor of a grocery shop in his village and had gone to Pilakhua to purchase groceries. On 8.10.2015, after the complainant returned f