ORDER

Navneet Kumar, J.—This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 01.07.2004 passed by the learned 9th Additional Sessions Judge, Hazaribagh in Sessions Trial No. 261 of 2001 whereby the learned trial court after finding the guilt of the accused persons for the offence punishable u/s 498-A of IPC, convicted and sentenced them to undergo S.I. for a period of one year and a fine of Rs. 100/- each and in default of payment of fine they were directed to undergo for SI for one month.

2. The prosecutions story arose in the wake of fardbeyan of one Sanichar Yadav (P.W.7), the father of the deceased. The statement was recorded by S.I. of Bakratha Police Station in the District of Hazaribagh on 13.08.2000 at 11.30 hours. The statement of Sanichar Yadav, the informant, is as follows:

That the daughter Suma Devi of the informant got married with Baijanath (not made accused) 9 yrs ago and thereafter she was kept two years properly in her matrimonial house, later on her in-laws people Gangiya Devi (appellant no.1), Gobardhan (deceased appellant died during the pendency of the appeal and his name was deleted after abatement) and husband’s younger