Base was depressed.
He also found one piece of printed cloth chunni near the dead body and another piece which was tied with the ceiling fan.
Shri Naresh Tandon, brother in law of the deceased who was present at the site told Shri Jatav that the deceased had been subjected to harassment and torture by her husband and in laws.
The Sub Divisional Magistrate recorded the statement of Smt.
Raj Rani Mehra PW 7 , her sisters and brother, Smt.
Their testimony has been substantially supported by PW 14 Rakesh Malhotra.
The police submitted challan under Sections 304B/306/498A read with Section 34 IPC against the appellant, his brothers Suresh Seth and Naresh Seth and mother Janak Seth.
Radha Mehra PW 1 , Ms. Chitra Mehra PW 6 and Chaman Mehra PW 26 , two neighbours, namely Rajesh PW 19 and Amit Grover PW 24 , Investigating Officer C.L. Jatav PW 20 and Dr. Bharat Singh PW 21 .
The prosecution examined as many as 26 witnesses including the mother of the deceased, Smt.
On receipt of an anonymous call information that son of Kuldeep Seth the appellant herein has murdered his wife in his house situated at Gali No.8, Multani Dhanda, Paharganj.
Skin was abraded.
On the next day, Dr. Bharat Singh PW 21 companyducted post mortem.
They also denied the allegation of having subjected the deceased to harassment and torture for dowry.
Both the sisters narrated that when they met the deceased, she was weeping and her eyes were swollen.
In their statements under Section 313 Code of Criminal Procedure for short the Code , all the accused denied their involvement in the death of Rama.
The width of the ligature was all along except near the right side of the ear where it was irregular and was wider upto 1.
Raj Rani Mehra mother of the deceased , who had also reached the house of the appellant and on that basis a case was registered under Sections 304B/306/498A read with Section 34 IPC.
She died on 22.11.1986.
Dr. Bharat Singh opined that the cause of death was asphyxia caused due to hanging.
The facts The appellant was married to Rama on 2.12.1984.
He found the following injuries on the body of the deceased One ligature mark around the neck placed above the thyroid cartilage which was present all around the neck.
Colour was light brown.
One lenier abrasion was present on the right knee joint size two and half inches x two and ten inches.
He too stated that the deceased was subjected to beating by her husband and she had suffered injury on her head.
The learned Additional Sessions Judge framed charge under Section 304B read with Section 34 IPC.
Shri C.L. Jatav, Sub Inspector of Police visited the spot and found the dead body of Rama in a room on the second floor of the house.
