of the offence under section 25/27 of the Arms Act. Feeling aggrieved and being dissatisfied with the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the Sessions Court in Sessions Trial No.208 of 1998, the appellant went on Criminal Appeal No.65 of 2006, which ended in dismissal by the impugned judgment and order dated 16.12.2011 passed by the High Court. 3. Shorn off unnecessary details, the case of the prosecution is that on 31.10.1997, one Kale Hasan (P.W.1 / complainant) S/o Abdul Hameed, resident of village Dosni, lodged a written report (Ext.A-1) to Police Station Laksar, District Haridwar, alleging that on the midnight of 30.10.1997, while his father Abdul Hameed (deceased) and his mother Mangti were sitting in their courtyard and were talking to each other, at about 09:45 p.m., four persons viz., Veer Singh S/o Jaswant Singh, Mintu S/o Molhar, Dharamveer S/o.Brhampal and Sandeep (appellant herein), all residents of Dosni village, came there and told to his father that they