Judgement

JUDGMENT :- In these appeals by special leave, Balwant Singh and his mother Nishan Kaur are the appellants who have been sentenced to undergo 7 years rigorous imprisonment under S. 304-B, I.P.C. The victim Manjit Kaur was married to the appellant-Balwant Singh on 6th of December, 1986. According to the case of the prosecution, on 25th March, 1990, Manjit Kaur was brought to the hospital in a precarious condition having suffered serious burn injuries. Soon thereafter she succumbed to her injuries. Mohinder Singh (P.W. 6) the father of the deceased on receiving information came to Ludhiana and lodged the First Information Report on 26th of March, 1990. After investigation, the appellants herein as well as Gurcharan Singh brother of appellant No. 1 and Gurpreet Kaur wife of Gurcharan Singh were put up for trial before the Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, in Sessions Case No. 98 of 30th July, 1990.

2. The trial Court while acquitting Gurcharan Singh and Gurpreet Kaur of the charge levelled against them found the appellants herein guilty of the offence punishable under S. 304-B, I.P.C. and sentenced them as noticed above. Aggrieved by the judgment and order of the trial Cour