ORDER :

1. This appeal is at the instance of a convict accused and is directed against the judgment and order dated 03.09.2008 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, in Criminal Appeal No. 762-SB of 1998, by which the High Court dismissed the appeal filed by the appellant herein and thereby affirmed the judgment and order of conviction passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Karnal dated 08.09.1998/10.09.1998 in Sessions Trial No. 06 of 1996 holding the appellant guilty of the offence punishable under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’).

2. The short facts necessary to be narrated for disposal of this appeal, are as under:

The deceased, Rani, was married to the appellant herein. The marriage was solemnized on 10.05.1992. The marriage of Rani with the convict was her second marriage. In the wedlock with the convict, Rani gave birth to a girl child.

The case of the prosecution is that soon after marriage, the appellant-convict and her parents started demanding money as the appellant convict wanted to start a ration shop. It may not be out of place to state at this stage that the parents of the appellant-convict herein were also put to trial for