CAV JUDGMENT

(Per : HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.BHASKAR BHATTACHARYA)

1. This appeal is at the instance of four convicted persons and is directed against an order of conviction and consequent sentence dated 13th April 2007 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, 6th Fast Track Court, Surat, in Sessions Case No. 273 of 2005. By the said order, the learned Sessions Judge found all the four accused persons guilty and sentenced them for life imprisonment for an offence punishable under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and further imposed a fine of Rs.1000/- each on condition that in default of payment of fine, they would undergo simple imprisonment for one year.

1.2 The accused persons were also convicted for the offence punishable under section 201 of the Indian Penal Code and were sentenced to undergo 7 years' rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- each; in default of payment of fine, they were ordered to suffer further simple imprisonment for one month.

1.3 The accused persons were also convicted for the offences punishable under sections 188 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 6 months and to pay a fine of Rs.500/-