ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.

( 1 ) CHALLENGE in this appeal is to the judgment of a Division Bench of the punjab and Haryana High Court upholding the conviction of the appellant for offence punishable under Sections 302 and 304 (B) of the Indian Penal code, 1860 (in short the 'ipc' ). He was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life for the first offence but no separate sentence was imposed for the second offence.

( 2 ) APPELLANT alongwith two others faced trial. Each was charged for having committed offences punishable under Section 304 (B) IPC and section 498a IPC. Appellant alone was separately charged for offence punishable under Section 302 IPC.

( 3 ) PROSECUTION version as unfolded during trial is as follows: kewal Krishan (PW 4) is the complainant. He is a resident of Ambala city. He is the Director of G. G. Flour Mills. He had four daughters and two sons. Marriage of his eldest daughter Suman Rani alias Anamika (hereinafter referred to as the 'deceased') was solemnized with appellant pardeep Kumar alias Raju on 19. 10. 1996 in Laxmi Palace at Patiala. As per asking of the accused persons dowry and streedhan was given according to the capacity of the complainant on the festi