These appeals have been filed by the appellants/accused persons

u/S 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, arising out of

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common judgement dated 02.03.2020 passed by the Additional Sessions

Judge (Special Court, Electricity Act), Indore, in S.T. No.178/2018,

whereby the appellants/accused persons have been convicted u/S

364/34, 307/34 and 201/34 of IPC and sentenced each of them to

undergo RI for 10 years with fine of Rs.1,000/-, RI for 10 years with fine

of Rs.1,000/- and RI for 03 years with fine of Rs.1,000/- respectively

with default stipulations.

2.

Facts of the prosecution case in brief are that Mohit (PW/1) has

two sons, injured Mridul (PW/2) is elder and Gurvinder (PW/3) is the

younger. Mridul (PW/2) and Gurvinder (PW/3) used to study and live in

208, Clerk Colony, Indore in a rented room. Their room partner was

Sourabh Sen (PW/5). There was friendship between Anjali and injured

Mridul (PW/2). Rahul Ratnakar (PW/9) is the elder brother of appellant

Akash. Appellant Piyush @ Rohit Pareta is relative and appellant Vijay

is friend of appellant Akash. Gurvinder (PW/3) had gone back to his

house as his exams were over. On 07.01.2018 at around 11 AM, Mridul

told Soura