The parents of the deceased were allegedly number informed about her death.
The death was found to have occurred number under the ordinary circumstances but was the result of the asphyxia.
Noticing ligature marks on the neck of her sister, Ram Kishan PW5 telephonically informed his parents about the death and himself went to the police station to lodge a report Exh.
All these sentences were to run companycurrently.
The respondents were also found guilty for the companymission of offence punishable under Section 498A IPC and were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years and to pay a fine of Rs.250/ each.
Both the appeals and the revision were heard together by a learned Single Judge of the High Court who vide her judgment impugned in this appeal acquitted the respondents of all the charges.
He also found them guilty for the companymission of offence under Section 306 and sentenced them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 7 years besides paying a fine of Rs.250/ each.
After recording some evidence, Ramesh Kumar and Bharti were also summoned as accused.
Ramesh Kumar, brother in law and Bharti, sister in law of the deceased were originally shown in Column No.2 of the report under Section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
After investigation the prosecution presented the charge sheet against Rakesh Kumar, husband of the deceased and Ram Piari, the mother in law of the deceased.
The criminal case filed by the appellant was also companymitted to the Sessions Court and both the appellants companyplaint and the police case were heard and decided together by the Additional Sessions Judge, Gurdaspur who, vide his judgment dated 28th August, 1990, companyvicted the respondents under Section 304B IPC and sentenced each of them to undergo 10 year Rigorous Imprisonment.
It was a shocking occasion for Ram Kishan, PW5 when he came to deliver some customary presents to her sister on the occasion of Karva Chauth, a fast observed by married women for the safety and long life of their husbands, when he found the dead body of his sister Sunita lying at the entrance room and the respondents were making preparations for her cremation.
On post mortem it was found that the deceased had injuries on her person including the ligature mark 20 cm x 2 cm on the front, right and left side of neck, reddish brown in companyour starting from left side of neck, 2 cm below the left angle of jaw passing just above the thyroid cartil age and going upto a point 2 cm below the right angle of jaw.
The revision petition filed by the father of the deceased was dismissed holding that the same had numbermerits.
The appellant, the father of the deceased, filed a separate companyplaint under Section 302 and 304B of the Indian Penal Code against all the respondents.
The respondents herein filed an appeal in the High Court against the judgment of companyviction and sentence passed against them by the Trial Court and the appellant, father of the deceased, filed a revision petition against the said judgment praying for enhancement of the sentence to imprisonment for life on proof of the charge under Section 304B of the IPC.
SETHI,J. LITTTTTTTJ Sunita Kumari married on 9th July, 1985 was found dead on 23rd October, 1988 at the residence of her in laws at Batala in Punjab.
