JUDGMENT :

Ashutosh Kumar, J.

We have heard Mr. Anil Kumar for the appellants in Cr. App. (SJ) No. 80 of 2016 and Cr. App. (SJ) No. 167 of 2016. The Cr. App. (DB) No. 420 of 2016, which is for enhancement of sentence to the appellants, has been addressed by Mr. Amrendra Kumar Sinha, learned advocate. Mr. Abhimanyu Sharma, learned counsel for the State has appeared in all the three appeals.

2. Sunita Devi, wife of the appellant/Indal Kewat is alleged to have been killed sometimes on 25.05.2011. Her father Rupchand Kewat (P.W.7) lodged the F.I.R. alleging that on 26.05.2011, he learnt that his daughter has been killed by strangulating her and her dead body has been disposed off. On such information, he immediately proceeded to the matrimonial home of his daughter but did not find any one of the appellants in the house. On suspicion because of such information having been received by him, he enquired from the neighborhood and learnt that about a day before i.e. on 25.05.2011, there had been a fight between his daughter (deceased) and his son-in-law/appellant/Indal Kewat whereafter the father-in-law, the mother-in-law and the husband of the deceased killed her and disposed off the dead bo