She also stated that hearing her cries her sister Shushma PW 6 , her father in law Bhajan Lal PW 7 and others came and extiguished the fire.
They have said as to how hearing the cries to Rita they entered after forcibly opening the door and saw Rita being burnt.
Sheela Wanti, the mother in law, brought the Kerosene oil and sprinkled it on her body and then Om Prakash, husband, set her on fire.
His sister Shushma PW 6 who, as already stated above, was living just opposite the house of the appellants came there along with her father in law Bhajan Lal PW 7 .
Police was informed.
Rita told her sister that accused persons were companypelling her to bring money from her parents.
Rita told them as to how she had been put to fire by the accused persons including these three appellants.
Thereafter, she has stated as to how on the day of the occurrence she was taken out from her room and kerosene oil was sprinkled on her body and her husband Om Parkash set her on fire with the matchstick.
At that very time Tare Lal PW 8 and Kulbir Chand hearing the cries also entered in the house.
However, on an appeal filed on behalf of the State of Punjab, the order of acquittal passed against Sheela Wanti and Rup Lal, the mother in law and father in law of the deceased, was set aside by the High Court.
ASI Amritlal of Police Station Kotwali came to the hospital.
They pushed the door and entered inside the companypound.
Rita succumbed to her injuries on March 29,1979.
The appellant Om Parkash is the husband, Sheela Wanti is the mother in law and Rup Lal is the father in law of Rita aforesaid.
As already stated above, the Trial Court companyvicted only appellant Om Parkash and acquitted his mother, father and two sisters of the charges levelled against them.
They enquired from Rita since deceased regarding the occurrence and she told them as to how she was burnt by her husband with the help of her mother in law and sister in laws.
It is further the case of the prosecution that at about 2.30 p.m. the same day Rita was in her room in the house of the appellants.
The witnesses have also stated as to how they extinguished the fire and took her in ambulance to the hospital.
Seeing the witnesses aforesaid inside the house the accused persons ran away to the upper storey of the house.
The fire was extinguished by the witnesses.
From the Judgment and Order dated 7.1.1981 of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Crl.
She raised the cries save me.
Thereafter the ambulance car was brought by Shushma PW 6 and victim was taken to S.G.T.B Hospital, Amritsar.
That statement was treated as the first information report.
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Thereafter at 6.25 p.m the same evening he recorded the statement of Rita giving the details of the occurrence.
After investigation the charge sheet was submitted against the three appellants along with the two sisters of appellant Om Parkash.
They found the inner door of the house closed from inside.
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Om Parkash along with other company accused including his two sisters Kanchan and Shushma since acquitted caught hold of Rita and brought her in the inner companypound of the house.
He obtained the opinion of the Doctor as to whether Rita was fit to make a statement.
1235 of 1979.
282 of 1981.
The prosecution case is that on March 17,1979 Rita since deceased went to her sister Shushma PW 6 in the morning who was residing in the house in front of the house of Rita aforesaid.
230 of 1981.
Rup Lal the father in law of Rita said that she should be burnt.
Mrs. Kawal Jit Kocher and J.D.Jain for the Appellant.
