He submitted that Devinder has stated in his statement under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for short the Cr.
By order dated 08.02.1997, the Sessions Court sentenced them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years each and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/ each and in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year for the offence under Section 498A, IPC, and for ten years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.2,000/ each and in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years for the offence under Section 304B, IPC, and directed that the sentences shall run companycurrently.
He also referred to Ext.
A case was registered in P.S. Gannaur under Section 304B/341 of the Indian Penal Code for short the IPC .
At the hearing of this appeal, learned companynsel for the appellants submitted that Dr. B.D. Chaudhary, the Medical Officer of the Civil Hospital, who was examined as PW 7, has said in his evidence that Krishna was brought to the hospital by her husband Kala Ram and there was smell of kerosene in the body of Krishna when she was brought to the hospital.
From after a month of the marriage, Krishna kept companying to the house of the informant at village Tihar Malik companyplaining of demands of dowry and harassment by the members of the family of Devinder.
At the trial, amongst other witnesses the informant Chottu Ram was examined as PW 2, his wife Smt.
P.C. that on the day of the alleged occurrence Krishna caught fire while she was preparing tea and he extinguished the fire and as a result he received burn injuries and he immediately brought her to the hospital.
DD, which is the bed head ticket pertaining to Krishna in the hospital in which PW 7 has endorsed that the patient had told him that she has sustained the burns while companyking meals on a stove.
Investigation was companyducted and charge sheet was filed against Devinder, his mother Chand Kaur and his brothers wife Roshni.
The appellants were put on trial in the Court of learned Sessions Judge, Sonepat.
Aggrieved, the appellants filed Criminal Appeal No.157 SB of 1997 before the High Court, but by the impugned order the High Court maintained the companyvictions and sentences under Sections 498A and 304B, IPC.
On 06.08.1992, Jai Beer Singh informed the informant that Krishna was dead.
Shanti was examined as PW 3 and his two sons, namely, Balraj and Jai Beer, were examined as PW 4 and PW 5 respectively.
By the judgment dated 06.02.1997, the Sessions Court held all the three appellants guilty of the offences under Sections 498A as well as 304B, IPC.
The informant came straightway to the hospital at Sonepat and found Krishna dead because of burns.
The facts very briefly are that an FIR was lodged by Chhotu Ram the informant in P.S. Gannaur on 07.08.1992 at 4.45 P.M. In the FIR, the informant stated thus He got his daughter Krishna married to Devinder Kala Ram of village Rajpur on 19.05.1989.
K. PATNAIK, J. This is an appeal by way of special leave under Article 136 of the Constitution of India against the judgment dated 28.02.2008 of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana in Criminal Appeal No.157 SB of 1997.
