KHUSHAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) P. C. Verma, J. The aforesaid criminal appeals arise out of the one and same judgment and the facts and evidence are common, there fore they are being disposed of together by this judgment. Criminal appeal No. 842 of 2001 shall be the leading case.

(2.) THESE criminal appeals, preferred under Section 374 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, are directed against judgment and order dated 24-06-1987 passed by the then Sessions Judge, Pithoragarh in Sessions Trial No. 6 of 1987, whereby appellants Khushal Singh, his wife Smt. Sarswati Devi and son Mahipal Singh have been convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sec. 34 of the same Code and each of them sentenced to life imprisonment.

(3.) ON the basis of aforesaid written report of Ram Singh (father of the de ceased) Head Moharir Lal Singh Bora (P. W. 5) prepared the Chick F. I. R. and registered the case under Section 302 & 498-A of the Indian Penal Code against the mother-in-law and brother-in-law of deceased Rukmani Devi. The Incharge of Police Station Sri R. A. Rathore, took the investigation of the case in his hand. He recorded the statement of complainant Ram Singh (P. W. 3 ).