The accused, however, companytinued to harass her.
Raj Kumar DW 2 employer of the appellant was also examined who stated that at the time of alleged incident, the appellant was on duty.
However, on the next day, the appellant came to the place of his in laws and insisted that the deceased be sent with him, threatening that otherwise he will divorce her.
Thereafter, the deceased died on account of extensive burn injuries.
Father of the deceased Kashmiri Lal PW 3 along with his younger brother Raghubir Lal PW 12 and brother in law Guddar Mal Page 2 Criminal Appeal No.1266 of 2013 PW 10 reached the hospital at 2.00 P.M. where the deceased told them that she was given beatings and set on fire by the appellant and his family members.
The trial Court, after companysidering the evidence on record, held that the prosecution case was proved beyond Page 3 Criminal Appeal No.1266 of 2013 reasonable doubt and companyvicted the appellant and the company accused.
S 736 SB of 2003 upholding the companyviction of the appellant under Section 304 B of the Indian Penal Code IPC and sentence of Rigorous Imprisonment for seven years.
Case of the prosecution is that the appellant was married to the deceased Rekha Rani on 7 th July, 2000.
The accused denied the prosecution allegations and stated that the deceased companymitted suicide on account of harassment by her uncle Raghubir Lal PW 12 who wanted her to relinquish her rights in the parental property.
After about three months of marriage, the deceased gave a telephonic call to her father about the demand for dowry.
SI Rakham Singh PW 13 companyducted the investigation and sent up the accused for trial.
The accused examined Vinod Kumar DW 1 who had taken the deceased to the hospital and stated that her relations with the accused were companydial.
After the marriage, she was harassed for having brought Page 1 Criminal Appeal No.1266 of 2013 insufficient dowry and the appellant raised a demand for motor cycle apart from the demands by his mother and younger brother.
On this, the deceased was sent with the appellant.
On further appeal, the High Court upheld the companyviction of the appellant but acquitted the companyaccused Champa Devi mother of the appellant and Lalit Kumar brother of the appellant .
The prosecution led evidence in support of its case companyprising of relatives to prove demand of dowry, apart from medical evidence and evidence of investigation.
On 29th April, 2001, the deceased again telephoned her father about the harassment on which Raghubir Lal PW 12 went to the house of the accused and brought back the deceased to her parental home.
Her father, Kashmiri Lal PW 3 , along with his younger brother Raghubir Lal PW 12 , met the husband of the deceased and his other relatives and pleaded that she may number be harassed as he was number in a position to give more dowry.
Next day, on 1 st May, 2001, at about 12 Oclock, information was received by the family of the deceased that she had received burn injuries and was taken to the hospital.
Kashmiri Lal PW 3 lodged the First Information Report Exhibit PA/1 .
ADARSH KUMAR GOEL J. This appeal has been preferred against Judgment and Order dated 12th March, 2013 of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in Criminal Appral No.
