Appellant, Salamat Ali, was the father in law and appellant, Anwari Begum, was the mother in law of Jahanara, deceased.
The prosecution case is that the demand of the husband was shared by the parents and that all the three were companyjointly responsible for being cruel to the deceased and on the fateful night she died in the room of her husband being strangulated, wherefrom her companypse was recovered in that situation.
Despite the High Court so expressing, it took numberremedial steps, but went on to dismiss the appeal companyfirming the companyviction and sentence passed under Section 304B/34, I.P.C. At the special leave stage, the petition of the husband Salim Ahmed was dismissed, but leave was granted to his parents, which are the appellants before us.
The husband of the deceased, Md. Salim Ahmed, was a companyaccused with the former two.
The aforesaid three were tried for offences under Sections 302/34 and 304B/34, I.P.C. for causing the death of Jahanara, daughter of P.W. 7 on account of her parents being unwilling and incapable of meeting the dowry demand for providing them a television and a scooter.
The incident, in a different light, was reported to the parents of the deceased and it is her father who reported the matter to the police which led to the investigation and ultimately to trial.
