(1.) These appeals challenge the judgment and order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, dtd. 4/2/2010, in Criminal Appeal No. 430-DB of 2001, upholding the conviction and sentence imposed upon the accused - appellants herein by the Additional Sessions Judge, Bathinda (hereinafter referred to as "Trial Court"), for the offence punishable under Sec. 302 read with Sec. 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as "IPC").
(2.) The case of the prosecution in brief is as follows:-
(3.) Hence the present appeals.