JUDGMENT

Arijit Pasayat, J.-By the impugned judgment the conviction of the appellant who faced trial for alleged commission of offence punishable under Section 306 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short the IPC ) was upheld though sentence in respect of appellant No.2 was reduced. While the trial court had imposed sentence of imprisonment for five years and fine of Rs. 3000/- each with default stipulation, the High Court by the impugned judgment maintained sentence so far as appellant No.1 but reduced the sentence so far as appellant No.2 is concerned.

2. It is to be noted that the two cases were disposed of by the common judgment. Criminal appeal No. 819 SB/86 was filed by the accused-appellants while Criminal revision No. 441/87 was filed by the informant questioning correctness of acquittal of co-accused Gurdev Singh.

3. Background facts as unfolded during trial are as follows:

Pirthipal Singh (PW-9) father of Smt. Devinderjit Kaur (hereinafter referred to as the deceased ) alleged in the complaint filed before the police that he is resident of village Burail. He had one son, namely, Kulquant Singh and one daughter i.e. the deceased. Deceased was married wit