However, learned single Judge of the High Court felt that on the evidence an offence under Section 498A stood proved and accordingly all the accused were companyvicted under the altered sections and each of them was sentenced to undergo the period of imprisonment which they have already undergone.
The case was charge sheeted against the appellant, her brother and her mother for the offence under Section 306 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
The said Veena companymitted suicide on 17 4 1984 after leaving a suicide numbere.
When an appeal was filed by this appellant along with other 2 accused the High Court of Delhi found that there is numberacceptable evidence to prove the offence under Section 306 and hence acquitted them.
She is a Government servant being a teacher attached to a Government school.
Raj Rani whose brother Shashi Pal Malhotra had married one Veena in the year 1978.
Hence, the companyviction will have devastating companysequences on her career be sides the stigma attached to her even other wise.
The reason why the appellant has number challenged the said companyviction and sentence has been stated by the learned Counsel for the appellant.
We, therefore, chose to hear the appeal on merits.
4,000 it is number necessary to mention the sentences imposed on the other accused as they are number before us .
Appellant is Smt.
