dated 1.8.2013 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, thereby convicting both the appellants for the offence of murder under section 302 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code for life and to pay fine of Rs.10,000/- each or suffer R.I. For six months. One Kavita Anil Salunke is the informant. The incident of murder of her husband Anil Salunkhe has taken place on 11.4.2011 near Race Course Empress Garden, Pune. One month prior to the date of the incident, the deceased Anil had hired the rickshaw of Sachin, i.e., the accused No.2 on rental basis. A charge of Rs.150/- per shift was agreed between them. However, this arrangement could not be worked out as the accused No.2 used to pursue him for the money and, therefore, the deceased returned the said rickshaw four days prior to the incident to the accused No.2. However, an amount of Rs.600/was due to accused No.2. The deceased had promised him to return the said amount of Rs.600/- on 11.4.2014. On that day in the morning, accused No.2 arrived at the house of the deceased and demanded Rs.600/-. He abused him. Anil promised him to pay the money. At around 1.30pm, he told his wife that he is going out with Dhoka, accused No.1. However, he did not return home and at 9pm, she got information telephonically from one of the friends that her husband had met with an accident and has been admitted in Sassoon hospital. So, when she went there, she found one Manoj Dhamale, friend of her husband, present alongwith the police. Manoj is an eye witness to the incident. On that day,
