JUDGMENT

K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY, J.:—This is an appeal under Section 379, Cr.P.C. read with Section 2 of the SC (Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act. On the basis of a private complaint made by one Gurmukh Singh, P.W. 11, Jasbir Kaur (A-1) the appellant before us, one Surjit Kaur, her mother (A-2) and her brother Amarjit Singh, who died during the committal proceedings, were charge-sheeted for an offence punishable under Section 302/34, I.P.C. for causing the death of Amar Kaur, the deceased in the case, by administering poison. The case was committed to the Court of Sessions as against A-1 and A-2. The learned Sessions Judge acquitted both of them. The complainant P.W.11 filed an appeal against the acquittal. A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court admitted appeal only against Jasbir Kaur, A- 1 and did not issue any notice to A-2 ,thereby confirming her acquittal. The High Court convicted Jasbir Kaur A-1, the appellant before us under Section 302, I.P.C. and sentenced her to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/- with a direction that the fine, if realised, shall be paid to the son and daughter of the deceased. The prosecution c