ORDER :

S. Ratnavel Pandian, J.

The appellant, Rajnesh Tandon, has preferred this criminal appeal, on grant of leave, questioning the correctness of the judgment of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana dated 26-2-1992 made in Criminal Appeal No. 311-SB of 1989 dismissing the appeal and confirming the judgment of the trial court convicting the appellant under Section 304B Indian Penal Code and sentencing him to 7 years' rigorous imprisonment and also imposing a fine of Rs. 20,000 with the usual default clause.

2. The appellant is none other than the husband of the deceased-Anita who was aged 24 at the time of her death. In respect of the death of the deceased-Anita, this appellant, his father, mother and sister-Ashu were put up for trial for offences punishable under Sections 304-B, 498-A and 306 Indian Penal Code. It is not in dispute that during the pendency of the case before the trial court, the father and mother of the appellant committed suicide. Therefore, the trial went on only as against the appellant and his sister Ashu. The trial court acquitted Ashu but convicted the appellant only for the offence under Section 304B Indian Penal Code and acquitted the appellant of the other