Most importantly, according to both the Trial Court and the High Court, a dying declaration was made before PW 9 who was a Sub Divisional Magistrate, which reads as follows The PW 9, Himmat Singh has stated that as on 28.03.02, he was working as SDM and on that day he had gone to the hospital to record the statement of the deceased.
At that time Dr. Verma was the duty doctor and he has stated that Lalita was in a state of fitness to record her statement.
My husband tried to save me.
Today also they quarrelled with me.
They asked me to leave the house.
I did number have any quarrels with my husband.
My in laws were demanding dowry from me.
My signatures are there on the statement recorded by me.
Then I got angry and went inside the kitchen and poured kerosene from the stove and set myself on fire.
ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN J Leave granted.
They told, we will stay here and you get lost.
My husband is number responsible for anything.
My father in law was looking at me but did number try to stop me.
When I asked Lalita she had told that she was sleeping and 2 her in laws were quarrelling with her every day.
In the present case, an F.I.R. dated 28th March, 2002 was lodged in which it was stated that the father in law and mother in law of the lady who companymitted suicide harassed her for at least five years and this harassment, therefore, led to offences being companymitted under Sections 498A and Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code.
