ORAL JUDGMENT

Date : 29-01-2026

Heard Mr. Ajit Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the appellants; Mr. Sanjay Kumar, learned counsel for the informant; and Mr. A. M. P. Mehta, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellants against the judgment of conviction dated 16.11.2013 and the order of sentence dated 20.11.2013, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Sheikhpura, in Sessions Trial No. 404 of 2010 arising out of G.R. Case No. 1073 of 2008, whereby and whereunder the appellants were convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 304 and 323, both read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as ‘IPC’). The appellants were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years each for the offence under Section 304 read with Section 149 of the IPC, and rigorous imprisonment for one year for the offence under Section 323 read with Section 149 of the IPC. They were further directed to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/- each, and in default thereof, to undergo simple imprisonment for six months. Both the sentences of imprisonment were ordered to run concurrently.

Prosecution Sto