JUDGMENT :

Partha Sarathi Sen, J.

1. In these two appeals the judgement of conviction dated 06.08.2009 and order of sentence dated 20.08.2009 as passed in S.T No. 4 of June 2005 (Sessions Sl. no. 819 of 2003) by the Learned Additional Sessions 1st Judge, Fast Track Court, Berhampore, Murshidabad has been assailed. By the impugned judgement the learned trial court found the four accused persons guilty of commission of offence under Sections 498A/304B/34 IPC and thus sentenced them to suffer R.I for three years each and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/-each i.d. to suffer R.I for 4 months each for commission of offence under Section 498A IPC. Learned trial court also sentenced convicts Subrata Nath@ Bapi Nath and Sadananda Nath (appellants in CRA 663 of 2009) and Bimla Nath (deceased appellant in CRA 663 of 2009) to suffer R.I for 7 years each for commission of offence under Section 304B IPC and also Tapan Kumar Nath (at present sole appellant in CRA 777 of 2015) to suffer R.I for life for commission of offence under Section 304B IPC.

2. The aforementioned four convicts felt aggrieved and thus preferred the instant two appeals.

3. It is pertinent to mention herein that during the pendency