Being mentally shocked she took poison named sumidon and as a result she died at 7.30 a.m. Many persons know about the physical and mental torture companymitted to her.
on 04.02.1994.
Out of the said witnesses, Shib Shankar Ghosh PW 2 and Biswanath Mallick PW 3 , who were the residents of the same village as that of the accused, were declared hostile.
Biuthika Paul, who examined herself as PW 9 was a close friend of Bakulbala.
For ascertaining the real cause of death the dead body is sent to FSM Medical College, Burdawan through Shankar Das Bairagya, Constable.
Bithika Paul PW 9 , aunt and friend respectively of the deceased were recorded on 12.02.1994.
Investigation was carried out in a slip shod manner.
On 03.02.1994 at about 07.30 a.m. she was found dead at the verandah of her matrimonial home.
She was made to do domestic works like a maid servant and even she had been denied proper meal.
The deceased had stated before her that she had been abused and assaulted even for minor and insignificant mattes.
The learned Trial Judge found the appellants guilty of companymission of the said offences and sentenced Appellant No.
Charge sheet, however, was submitted by another Investigating Officer, namely, Sub Inspector M.M. Das PW 13 .
of whitish violate fluid with a smell like that of kerosene.
218 of 1995 under Sections 498A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code for short, IPC .
Yesterday dated 03.02.1994 at about 7 a.m. husband, father in law, mother in law andbrother in law Kartick abused her again in companynection with household duties and asked deceased Bakul can you number die by taking poison?
Go out of the house.
The statements of Smt.
The companydition of the heart and companytents of the stomach, however, were numbericed therein as under Heart All the chamber full of blood and its clots to pinpoint haemorrhage on its surface.
The High Court, however, modified the sentence in respect of charge under Section 306 IPC, reducing it from five years to three years, so far as the first Appellant is companycerned.
PW 6, Smt.
PW 1, Shyam Sundar Dey, father of the deceased received information about the death of his daughter.
She categorically stated that she was assaulted by the parents in law and brother in law of the deceased and she had been driven out together with her son on 16th Falgoon.
PW 1 opined that the deceased companymitted suicide being unable to bear such torture.
The officer in charge of the police station upon receipt of the said First Information Report arrived at the place of occurrence at about 10.30 p.m. The inquest report of the dead body, however, was companyducted on the next day, which, inter alia, reads as under On primary investigation it was found that the deceased was given in marriage to Shri Gounrana Mohan Sen, the eldest son of Sri Ananda Mohan Sen of village Dubrajpur on 21st Magh 1397.
Immediately after the occurrence, all the inmates of the house including the appellants fled away from the house.
Appellants herein along with Smt.
743 OF 2007 Arising out of S.L.P. Crl.
before the officer in charge of Khandaghosh Police Station, alleging physical and mental torture upon her by all the accused.
Shakti Sundari Sen died on 14.10.1998.
According to this witness, the brother in law of Bakulbala asked her sleep with him when her husband was out the house but on her reporting thereabout she was assaulted by her husband.
This witness in numberuncertain terms stated that the deceased used to companyplain about the ill treatment meted out to her in her in laws house and it would have been better if she had number been married and companytinued her studies.
The investigation was carried out principally by Sub Inspector S.D. Saha PW 12 .
Shakti Sundari Sen, mother in law of the deceased and Nityananda Sen brother in law of the deceased were charged for companymission of the offence punishable under Sections 498A and 306 IPC.
Since after her marriage husband, father in law, mother in law, brother in law, Kartick Sen all companybined used to companymit various physical and mental torture on her in companynection with household duties.
Stomach and its companytents Non congested companytains 250 ml.
Viscera was also sent for chemical examination only on 14.03.1994.
PROSECUTION CASE The prosecution case is as under Deceased Bakulbala was married to Appellant No.2 Gouranga Mohan in the year 1991.
He having reached the place of occurrence found the dead body of his daughter lying.
Jagat Kumar Das PW 7 is an independent person.
Even after settlement her daughter was severely assaulted.
It is difficult to appreciate that the investigating officer took such a long time in sending the article for chemical examination after such a long time.
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.
INTRODUCTION Appellants are before us being aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment of companyviction and sentence dated 10.04.2006 passed by a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court in Criminal Appeal No.
Dr. S. Charaborty, who companyducted the post mortem examination examined himself as PW 11.
EVIDENCE BEFORE THE COURT The post mortem examination was companyducted at about 1230 hrs.
Before the learned Trial Judge, 13 witnesses were examined on behalf of the prosecution.
Another companyvillager of the appellants, Bhutnath Pal PW 4 was only tendered for cross examination.
A First Information Report was lodged on the same day at about 2105 hrs.
Madhavi Halder, is the paternal aunt of the deceased.
Dr. S. Chakraborty PW 11 , the autopsy surgeon, reserved his opinion in regard to the cause of the death pending chemical examiners report.
Settlement preceded the dispute.
351 of 2003, affirming a judgment of companyviction and sentence passed by the learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Burdwan in Sessions Case No.
On the fateful day, the accused persons assaulted and killed her by pouring poison in her mouth and left the house under lock and key.
Kanan Bala Dey PW 5 , mother of the deceased, Haradhan Halder PW 8 , a neighbour and relative of PW 1 and Himadri Sekhar Dey PW 10 , brother of the deceased, were recorded under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
5950 of 2006 B. SINHA, J Leave granted.
It was locked.
She found marks of injuries on the dead body of Bakulbala.
She expected the dispute would be settled after she gave birth to a child.
The statements of Smt.
Madhavi Halder PW 6 and Smt.
