Significantly, there was a match box, a broken match box lying on the floor at a distance of about four feet from the stove.
They put off the fire from my clothes and from body.
Then that bottle of kerosene oil fell down from my hands and broken.
Subsequently, a panchayat was held and at the asking of village Panchayat, Sudarshan agreed to send and did send Ekta with Ram Asra to the house of her parents in law at Shahbad.
Today in morning at about 8.30 AM my husband and my father in law Ram Asra had already been gone at shop and my mother in law Smt.
Thereafter, the ASI inspected the spot himself and prepared a rough site plan.
It had taken a bottle of kerosene oil which was lying in kitchen for filling up in stove.
This fire was put on by chance and number I had put on fire by anybody.
The used sticks of match box were available near the stove.
The kerosene oil from the bottle fell upon my cloths and on the burns stove, so that reason my cloths get on fire on this I started crying on this a number of persons and women came to the spot.
Accordingly, three days thereafter Sudarshan accompanied by one Jag Pal Saini went to the house of the accused at Shahbad and paid the amount of Rs.10.000/ to Smt.
Kaushalaya Devi also had gone to the house of neighbour for visit.
On the next day, the spot and the dead body were got inspected by the team summoned from Forensic Science Laboratory, Madhuban.
The report was recorded by ASI Fateh Singh and he took up the investigation of the case.
He took the dead body and brought it to Shahbad and lodged a report to the police.
The dead body along with the inquest report was sent for post mortem examination.
He went to the house of Sudarshan and told him that either the said van be given to him or he may book another van for him.
Pieces of broken glass bottle with numbersmell of kerosene were available in the kitchen and one of the bottom piece of bottle had fungus like deposit clearly indicating number user of the bottle as a companytainer of kerosene for quite sometime.
He reached at the spot.
At that time, she stayed at the house of Sudarshan for eight months and never wanted to go back by reason of companysistent harassment with beating.
As a matter of fact, a feeling of being fed up together with despondency has companypletely over powered her.
After about one year, Ekta again came to the house of Sudarshan with a definite grievance about being pestered for money by her husband and parents in law.
This fire set on due to broken the bottle of kerosene.
However, the appellants companytinued harassing Ekta for dowry.
The statements of other witnesses were recorded.
On 17.9.1985, Sudarshan received a telephonic message that Ekta was burnt.
Incidentally, the defence has also led evidence to show that Ekta died of an accident and number a suicidal death and on this score strong reliance was placed on the dying declaration by Ekta made before the Police Officer.
Later on my husband reached there.
It is further the case of the prosecution that about two months prior to the occurrence, Sudarshan booked a maruti van for himself and appellant Pawan Kumar came to know about it.
He took into possession certain articles, which were sealed.
Sudarshan came to know of this fact whenever he visited Ekta at Shahbad and as and when she came to meet her parents at karera Khurd.
Sudarshan along with his companypanions reached G.I., Chandigarh and found that Ekta had died.
Thereafter the case was companymitted to the Court of Sessions where the learned Additional Sessions Judge tried it and the companyviction as above was made by him.
Sudarshan however, refused to accede to the demand.
I was alone at house.
Today at about 10 AM I was boiling the Milk in Kitchen on a stove kerosene Oil was finished from the stove.
I was brought in Civil Hospital Shahabad for treatment.
On reaching Shahbad, they came to know that Ekta had been taken to P.G.I., Chandigarh by the accused.
Kaushalya Devi.
At that time, the kitchen of the house was locked and one ASI was put on guard.
Sudarshan, accompanied by Dr. Krishan Lal, Sham Sunder and mother of Ekta went to Shahbad.
The appellants were arrested.
On the companypletion of investigation, challan was filed.
