JUDGMENT :

C. Praveen Kumar, J.

Accused 1 & 2 in Sessions Case No.95 of 2013 on the file of learned VII Additional Sessions Judge (FTC), Visakhapatnam are the appellants herein. Originally, they were tried for the offences punishable under Section 304-B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 [for short, “I.P.C.] or alternatively under Section 302 r/w. Section 34 I.P.C and Section 498-A I.P.C.

2. By its judgment, dated 28.10.2014, the learned Sessions Judge convicted both the accused under Section 304-B I.P.C and sentenced each one of them to suffer Imprisonment for life for the offence punishable under Section 304-B I.P.C. Further, both the accused were convicted for the offence punishable under Section 498-A r/w.34 I.P.C. and sentenced them to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of two (2) years and to pay fine of Rs.5000/- each in default to suffer Simple Imprisonment for six (6) months each. The substantive sentences were directed to run concurrently.

3. The gravamen of the charge against the accused is that on 15.07.2012 at about 5.30 or 6.00 hours in the house of A.2 at Bathivanipalem Village, the accused caused the death of the deceased, within seven (7) years of the marriage, as she f