JUDGMENT

V. Gopala Gowda, J.

These appeals have been filed by the appellants against the common impugned judgment and order dated 07.01.2011 of the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital in Criminal Appeal No. 1931 of 2001(Old no. 1060 of 1998), whereby the High Court dismissed the appeal of the appellants and upheld their conviction and sentence of 10 years R.I. under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code (in short “the IPC”) awarded by the trial court. In Criminal Appeal No. 1893 of 2013 the appellants are the sisters-in-law of the deceased and in Criminal Appeal No. 1894 of 2013 the appellant is the father-in-law of the deceased. During pendency of the appeal before the High Court, the co-accused, Lilawati, the mother-in-law of the deceased had died, therefore, the case abated against her.

2. The brief facts of the case are stated hereunder to appreciate the correctness of the findings recorded by both the trial court and the High Court on the charges framed against the accused persons under Sections 302/34, 304B and 306 of the IPC and also to find out as to whether the appellants are entitled for the relief as prayed by them.

3. The deceased, Bhagwati Devi was married to Satish Ch