(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI)
1. The present Criminal Appeals are preferred by the
appellants-accused under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973, being aggrieved by the judgment of conviction
and order of sentence dated 21.01.2017 passed by the learned 2nd
Additional Sessions Judge, Ankleshwar in Sessions Case No.
21/2015, whereby the appellants were convicted for the offences
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R/CR.A/1027/2017 JUDGMENT DATED: 12/02/2026
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punishable under Sections 302 read with 114 of the Indian Penal
Code and Section 135 of the Gujarat Police Act. The learned
Sessions Court sentenced the appellants to undergo imprisonment
for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- each, in default to further
undergo one year’s rigorous imprisonment for the offence under
Section 302 read with Section 114 IPC, and to undergo rigorous
imprisonment for four months and to pay a fine of Rs. 100/- each, in
default to undergo one month rigorous imprisonment for the
offence under Section 135 of the Gujarat Police Act. The
substantive sentences were ordered to run concurrently.