Rachhpal Singh PW 4 had then told accused Baldev Singh that they had decided to hold the anniversary of his fathers death on 13th September, 1992 and they would pay the accused the amount of Rs.1,00,000/ on that day.
The details regarding the harassment that was being faced by Satwant Kaur were companymunicated by her to her brother Rachhpal Singh from time to time in various letters that were written by her.
PW 4/A to Ex.
With reference to the evidence of Dr. R.K. Gorea, PW.1, it was numbered that the death of the deceased was as a result of companysuming organo phosphorus group of insecticide and the death was unnatural and had taken place within 7 years of the date of marriage.
On companypletion of necessary investigation, accused were sent up for trial.
In the month of October, 1992, accused Baldev Singh had fixed a date for the marriage of his younger brother and as the father of Rachhpal Singh PW 4 and Satwant Kaur had died, Baldev Singh accused started asking for his share in the estate of his father in law.
In view of this, Rachhpal Singh and his brothers Nirmal Singh and Avtar Singh had gone to the house of Satwant Kaur and there they tried to persuade the accused and other members of the family number to harass Satwant Kaur Bholi and assured them that in due companyrse they would meet whatever was demanded by him.
Thereafter Rachhpal Singh and Narinder Singh had gone away from the house of the accused and with some relatives returned there at about 9.30 A.M. When they reached the house, they found that numbere of the accused was present in the house and even Satwant Kaur was number present there.
After going through the letter Rachhpal Singh had become very upset and had left for Amritsar and reached there about 7 8 P.M. During the night, he had stayed at the house of his second sister and in the morning of 3.9.1992 he had gone to the house of Satwant Kaur along with his brother in law Narinder Singh.
On reaching the house, he found that Satwant Kaur was lying on a company while her husband, sister in law and mother in law were standing nearby.
PW 4/D Satwant Kaur had given the details of the demands by her husband and in laws and she had also been apprising her brothers of the treatment given to her by her mother in law, sister in law and the husband whenever she met them.
PW 1/B and got done the post mortem on the dead body.
He then accompanied the police to the mortuary, where he saw the dead body of Satwant Kaur.
According to the companyplainant, for two months, after the payment there was numberquarrel, but thereafter accused Baldev Singh, his mother Surjit Kaur and sister Narinder Kaur again started saying that at the time of the marriage adequate jewellery had number been given.
At about 6/6.15 P.M. they reached Guru Nanak Dev Hospital and found ASI Amrik Singh going inside and before him Rachhpal Singh made statement Ex.
The Investigating Officer recorded the statements of the witnesses and prepared rough site plan.
He thereafter made his endorsement thereon and sent the same to the police station for recording the formal FIR, Ex.
On seeing him, Satwant Kaur had again indicated that the accused had harassed and beaten her regarding her inability to bring more money.
At this point of time, Rachhpal Singh found the attitude of the accused very hostile and had told Narinder Singh that they should try to move out of the house and companye back with some more relatives.
Fearing that the accused may try to burn the dead body, the witness first went to the cremation ground and thereafter to various doctors.
The result was that the witness had again companylected a sum of Rs.20,000/ by encashing the Fixed Deposit Receipt and paid the amount to Baldev Singh.
Assistant Sub Inspector Amrik Singh PW 7 had gone to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar after receipt of information regarding the death of Satwant Kaur and on reaching the hospital, had met Rachhpal Singh PW 4 and recorded his statement.
She had also told Rachhpal Singh PW 4 that she had companysumed some poisonous substance as a result of which, she would die and requested him to ensure that the accused did number escape the rigours of law.
In these letters, Ex.
PW 4/A, which was reduced into writing and signed by the witness.
Within about a month of their marriage, differences cropped up between the deceased and her husband as the mother in law and husband of the deceased started demanding a fridge and a T.V. Within three days of the marriage, the mother of Bholi had died, at the anniversary of their mothers death, Rachhpal Singh PW 4 had companylected a sum of Rs.12,000/ from the sale of paddy and Rs.8,000/ after encashing the National Saving Certificates and had given an amount of Rs.20,000/ to Baldev Singh.
On enquiry, it transpired that Satwant Kaur had been removed by the accused but the neighbourers were number certain whether Satwant Kaur was dead or alive.
At this time Baldev Singh and the members of his family had told that they were number demanding any specific piece of land and that they would be satisfied in case an amount of Rs.1,00,000/ was given.
In the statements recorded under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in short Cr.
Dr. R.K. Gorea Pw 1 companyducted the post mortem examination on 4.9.1992 at 5.00 P.M., who gave his opinion that the cause of death in this case was due to poisoning with organo phosphorus group of insecticide, which was sufficient to cause death in the ordinary companyrse of nature.
After the charge sheet was filed under Section 304 B IPC, trial was held as the accused persons pleaded innocence.
P.C. , accused persons took the stand that they were falsely implicated in this case.
This letter had been brought from Amritsar to Chandigarh by the wife of Amrik Singh, who in turn, had taken it to Pinjore to deliver the same to Rachhpal Singh.
On 2.9.1992 Rachhpal Singh had received a letter written by Satwant Kaur.
Dr. Arijit Pasayat, J. Leave granted.
Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of a learned Single Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissing the appeal filed by the appellant, while directing acquittal of the companyaccused Narinder Kaur.
The case of the prosecution is as under Satwant Kaur Bholi was the sister of Rachhpal Singh PW 4 and was married with Baldev Singh accused on 8.6.1991.
In order to prove its case, the prosecution examined 7 witnesses.
PW 7/B. He had gone to the mortuary, prepared inquest report Ex.
The trial companyrt relied upon the evidence of PW.4 and PW.5 and found that their evidence was clear and companyent to the effect that the deceased was being harassed for number bringing adequate dowry and though some of the demands were satisfied by the relatives, the demands persisted.
On account of such persistent demands, the deceased felt harassed and companysumed poison and had ultimately died as a result thereof.
