Hon'ble Judges/Coram:
Vivek Singh Thakur

DECISION

Vivek Singh Thakur, J.

1. The instant appeal has been preferred by the accused-appellant Ranjit Singh @ Chhotu, against the judgment dated 7.4.2017, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge (II), Mandi, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh (Camp at Jogindernagar), in Sessions Trial No. 63/2015, titled as State v. Ranjit Singh alias Chhotu & others, in case FIR No. 34/2015, registered at Police Station, Jogindernagar, under Sections 451, 323, 325, 307 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (herein after referred to as IPC), wherein appellant-accused has been convicted under Sections 451, 325 & 307 IPC, whereas co-accused Ramzan and Sanjeev Kumar alias Sanju have been acquitted.

2. The trial Court has awarded sentence to the appellant as under:

Section	Sentence	Fine
351 IPC	Simple Imprisonment for one year.	` 2,000/- and in default of payment to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one month.
325 IPC	Simple Imprisonment for three years.	` 5,000/- and in default of payment to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one month.
307 IPC	Simple Imprisonment for seven years.	` 10,000/- and in default of payment to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months.

3. Investigating Agency was set in motion on the basis of telephonic call received in Police Station, Jogindernagar, from the Office of Medical Officer, Civil Hospital, Jogindernagar. The said telephonic call was recorded in the Daily Station Diary, vide GD Entry No. 22(A) (Ex. PW-9/A), whereby it was informed that one injured person has been brought to the Civil Hospital, Jogindernagar, in Ambulance 108, whereupon Investigating Officer PW-13 SI Yog Raj, alongwith ASI Rajesh Kumar, PW-14 HHC Prakash Chand and HHC Praveen Kumar, rushed to the Hospital in G........