Provandu Narayan Sinha, J. This appeal is directed against the judgment and order of conviction passed by the learned Judge, 12th Bench of City Sessions Court, Calcutta in Session Trial No. 1 of May, f985 (Sessions Case No. 15 of 1984) whereby the learned Judge sentenced the appellants to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 8 years each and to pay a fine of Rs. 25,000/- each in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one year more for offence under Sections 306/34 of IPC. During pendency of the appeal the appellant No. 1 Surajmal Banthia has expired and the appeal against him has abated. Therefore, only appellant No. 2 Smt. Doli Devi Banthia is before us in this appeal and we are to consider whether the judgment and order of conviction and sentence imposed on the appellant is sustained in law and fact.

2. The prosecution case, in short, is that Kusum Bothra (Banthia), the daughter of Dhanraj Bothra (P.W. 1) and Mohini Bothra (P.W. 2) was given in marriage with Indrajit Banthia, son of the appellant on 19th April, 1980. After marriage of Kusum Banthia her husband and parents of husband started physical torture on her and ill-treated her. On 15-9-1982 -at about 18.15 hours P.