R.L.Anand, J.

1. Shri Nihal Singh, his two sons - Shri Ram Singh and Hari Singh - have filed the present criminal appeal and it has been directed against the judgment dated 8.3.1989 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Sangrur, who convicted the appellants under Sections 307, 325, 324 and 323 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced them to various imprisonments as mentioned in the judgment. The highest sentence is of four years under Section 307 Indian Penal Code to Nihal Singh and under Section 307 read with Section 34 I.P.C. to two others.

The brief facts of the case are that on 28.6.1986, Mohinder Singh PW, resident of village Khurana was preparing the fields known as Barotianwala for planting paddy. His daughter Bant Kaur had gone to that filed with his meals. It is further alleged that at about 10.00 a.m. Mohinder Singh started ploughing the fields after taking meals. In the meanwhile, Nihal Singh, Ram Singh and Hari Singh came there in a tractor. The tractor was parked at a distance of 1-1/2 killas. At that time Nihal Singh was armed with a Gandasi, Ram Singh was armed with a Takwa and Hari Singh was armed with Soti on which an iron nai