JUDGMENT

K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY, J.:—This appeal is filed under S. 379, Cr.P.C. read with Section 2 of the SC (Enlargement of. Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act against the judgment of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana in Criminal Appeal No. 350 DBA of 1980. There are two appellants. They were jointly tried by the Sessions Court, Ambala for the offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34, I.P.C. for causing the death of Smt. Santosh Rani alias Gulshan Rani wife of the first appellant and daughter-in-law of the second appellant and also for causing the death of baby child Sweety aged about 9 months by sprinkling kerosene oil and setting fire.. The Sessions Court, Ambala acquitted both the appellants. The State of Haryana preferred an appeal against the said order of acquittal and the Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana interfered and convicted both the appellants under Section 302 read with Section 34, I.P.C. and sentenced each of them to undergo imprisonment for life. The facts and circumstances that gave rise to this appeal are as follows.

2. The deceased Santosh Rani was the daughter of P.W. 4 Diwan Chand. He got her married to the first appell