Sunil Kumar Sinha, J. :-

1. This appeal is directed against the judgement dated 24.04.1995, passed in Sessions Trial No. 164 of 1990 by the Fourth Additional Sessions Judge, Durg. By the impugned judgement, the appellants have been convicted and sentenced in the following manner :-

Conviction Sentence

Appellants 1, 2 and 3

u/s 304B IPC Imprisonment for life.

u/s 498A IPC RI for three years.

Sentences to run concurrently.

Appellant-4 :

u/s 304B r/w Section 109 IPC Imprisonment for life.

BRIEF FACTS

2. The facts, briefly stated, are as under :

The Deceased was married to appellant Alok Pandey (A-3) on 09.03.1988. Appellant Shriram Pandey (A-1) is father-in-law of the Deceased and appellant Smt. Kamla Pandey (A-2) is mother-in-law of the Deceased. Appellant Nagnarayan Sinha (A-4) was a next door neighbour of appellants-1 and 2 (A-1 and A-2). The Deceased was residing with her husband and in-laws in her in-laws house. She died on account of hanging in her in-laws house at about 10:00-10:30 am on 03.04.1988. She was taken to the hospital and was examined by Dr. VVB Rao (PW-11). After the examination when he found that she was dead, a merg intimation (Ex.P/3) was sent to