JUDGMENT

Dr. G. Yethirajulu, J.— This appeal is preferred by three accused in Sessions Case No. 387 of 1996 on the file of the I additional Sessions Judge, Nalgonda. All the three accused were convicted for killing the deceased Smt. Boina Sasirekha by fire, under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 2,000/- each, in default to suffer R.I. for one year. They were also convicted under Sec-tion 498-A IPC, for harassing the deceased for not begetting children, and sentenced to undergo R.I. for one year and to pay a fine of Rs. 500/- each, in default to suffer S.I. for three years.

2. The case of the prosecution is briefly as follows :

A-1 is the husband, A-2 and A-3 are the parents-in-law of the decea-sed woman Sasirekha. The marriage of deceased took place with A-1 about ten years prior to her death. They lived happily for about seven years. Thereafter, the accused started harassing her physically and mentally on the ground that she did not beget children. They necked her out about 1-1/2 years prior to her death. When the parents of the deceased got her examined by a doctor for the cause of her not begetting chi