He further said that he had received one knife injury on the right side of his abdomen and another injury on the right side under the arm.
At that time Manjit Singh Rajput, Kamlesh Sharma and Paddu Sardar the three appellants came there and with a view to kill them on account of previous enmity attacked them with knives.
The case of the prosecution is based on the statement Parcha Bayan of Hitesh Galav recorded by ASI Champa Lal at Hospital Baran on September 14, 1998 at 1130 p.m. The Parcha Bayan Exhibit P.4 gave rise to and it was incorporated in the formal FIR No.211/98, Police Station Mangrol.
Both the appeals arise from the same judgment and order of the Rajasthan High Court.
For the offence of attempt to murder, they are sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and a fine of Rs.1,00,000/ each with the default sentence of two years rigorous imprisonment.
The sentences of imprisonment for the two offences, however, have been directed to run companycurrently.
He further said that he had received injuries on both his hands as well.
One of them the accused also made the exhortation to take out the revolver but at the same time Hariom Soni and some other people arrived there.
It will be useful to numbere, at the outset, the injuries found on the person of Hemant and Madhusudan in their respective post mortem reports Exhibit 25 and Exhibit 26 respectively .
In his statement before the Police, Hitesh Galav said that on that day at about 9.00 in the evening he along with Hemant deceased , Madhusudan deceased and Maharaj was sitting in the Hanumanji Mandir near the Mangrol bus stand.
The three accused gave them repeated knife blows as a result of which the three of them were wounded.
The FIR was initially recorded under Section 307/34 but on the death of Hemant and Madhusudan, Section 302 of the Penal Code was also added to the case.
Parvat Singh also came there who lifted them and brought them straight to Mangrol Hospital from where they came to Baran.
Criminal Appeal No.270 of 2008 that came to this Court from jail is on behalf of two appellants, namely, Kamlesh Kumar and Pradhuman Singh Paddu who are represented by Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, advocate, numberinated as Amicus Curiae.
The appellants preferred Appeals D.B. Criminal Appeal No.640/1999 Kamlesh Kumar , D.B. Criminal Appeal No.796/1999 Manjit Singh and D.B. Criminal Appeal No.764/1999 Pradhuman Singh Paddu before the High Court of Rajasthan which were dismissed by the High Court by judgment and order dated January 13, 2006.
For the offence of murder they are sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life and a fine of Rs.2,00,000/ each with the default sentence of five years rigorous imprisonment.
All the three appellants stand companyvicted under Sections 302 and 307 read with Section 34 of the Penal Code.
They were, therefore, heard together and are being disposed of by this companymon judgment.
On submission of charge sheet by the police, the appellants were tried before the Sessions Judge, Baran, who by his judgment and order dated September 15, 1999 passed in Sessions Case No.132/1998 companyvicted and sentenced them, as numbered above.
Aftab Alam, J. Criminal Appeal No.269 of 2008 is on behalf of a single appellant Manjit Singh.
