C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, J.

The husband and the mother-in-law of one Shaik Sameena (hereafter referred to as the deceased) having been convicted by the V Additional Sessions Judge (III Fast Tract Court), Nalgonda at Miryalguda, vide judgment dt.12.01.2011 in S.C. No.218 of 2009, for the offences punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 and Sections 304-B and 498-A I.P.C., and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for short the Act) and sentenced, inter alia, to suffer life imprisonment for the offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 I.P.C., besides other lesser punishments for the offences punishable under Section 498-A I.P.C., and Section 4 of the Act, which were directed to run concurrently, the convicts, have filed this appeal.

2. Appellant No.1 is the son of appellant No.2. The deceased was the wife of appellant No.1. As per the version of the prosecution as reflected from the charge-sheet filed by it, the marriage of appellant No.1 with the deceased took place about three years prior to the occurrence of the alleged offence; that at the time of the marriage, the parents of the deceased gave Rs.64,000/-, apart from gold and other househol