PARMINDER SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY this common judgment, I shall be disposing of two appeals being Criminal Appeal No. 187-SB of 1994 filed by the present appellants and Criminal Appeal No. 228-SB of 1994 filed by Surinder Singh together as they arise out of the same impugned judgment dated 7.3.1994 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar.

(2.) THIS appeal is directed against the judgment dated 7.3.1994 whereby he convicted appellants, namely, Parminder Singh and Gurpal Singh under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years each and they were ordered to pay fine of Rs. 1,000/- each; in default thereof, they were further directed to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years. However, appellant Surinder Singh (in Criminal Appeal No. 228- SB of 1994) was convicted under Section 411 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years and he was ordered to pay a fine of Rs. 500/-; in default thereof, he was further directed to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months.

(3.) SINCE the prayer made by the learned counsel appearing for the appellants has been restricted only on the quantum of sentence, therefore, in order to avoid repetition of facts in the judgment herein, I do not consider it necessary to recapitulate the same again, since they have been narrated in the judgment of the trial Court in details.