JUDGMENT :

BIBEK CHAUDHURI, J.

1. The appellants being aggrieved against the judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Kalyani, Nadia for offence punishable under Sections 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code have preferred the instant appeal.

2. One Rasmita Ghosh, since deceased had love affair with one Rabi Sashi Pandit during their college days. In the month of May, 2008 Rasmita married Rabi Sashi against the consent and wish of her parents. After marriage both Rasmita and Rabi Sashi used to live at the paternal home of Rabi Sashi. On 27th September, 2009 one Hitendranath Ghosh, father of Rasmita lodged a written complaint to the Officer-in-Charge Chakdaha Police Station stating, inter alia, that after the marriage, Rasmita was mentally and physically tortured by her parents-in-law and sister-in-law on demand of dowry. Whenever she visited her paternal home she used to make such complain to her parents. On 26th September, 2009 at about 5.15 pm the defacto complainant received a phone call from one Pranab Banerjee and came to know that his daughter had met with an accident and was ad