RANJIT KUMAR BAG, J.

1. This appeal arises out of judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, 5th Court, Barasat, North 24 Parganas in Sessions Trial No. 1(6) of 2001 corresponding to Sessions Case No. 15(6) of 1994, by which the appellants were sentenced to imprisonment for various terms and were directed to pay fine for the offence punishable under Section 498A and under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code.

2. The backdrop of the conviction and sentence of the appellants is as follows:

One Md. Arsad Ali Gazi filed a written complaint before the Officer-in-charge of Basirhat Police Station on the basis of which Basirhat Police Station Case No. 170 dated June 9, 1990 under Sections 498A/304B of the Indian Penal Code was registered. It appears from the said written complaint that one Mumtaj Begum was married to the appellant-Yusuf Ali Gazi in the month of Aghrayan, 1396 BS, according to Muslim rites. The mother of Mumtaj Begum gave cash of Rs.6,000/-, gold ornaments and other articles as gift in the marriage ceremony. Mumtaj narrated to her maternal uncle, maternal aunts and her mother that she was subjected to harassment and t