judgment.

2. There is difference in meaning of the term dowry as defined u/s. 2 of Dowry Pohibition Act, 1961 and the term as used in Section 304B IPC. For Section 304B IPC all amounts paid by the in-laws of the husband of a woman cannot become dowry unless it is agreed to be given in connection with the marriage.

JUDGMENT

Thomas, J.-A young mother of two kids, who is a double graduate, ran into the rail in front of a running train to end her life as well as her miseries once and for all. She was driven to that action on account of the cruel treatments suffered by her at her nuptial home. But the destiny also was cruel to her as the locomotive which she desired to be her destroyer, instead of snuffing her life out in a trice, converted her into a veritable vegetable. She lost her left hand from shoulder joint and got her spinal cord ruptured. She turned into a paraplegic. She herself described her present plight as "a living corpse". Thus the miseries she longed to end transformed into a monstrous dimension clutching her as long as she is alive.

2. Her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law (the appellants before us) were convicted by the Sessions Court under Section 116 read wi