Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.

1. This appeal by five appellants/accused namely Ramchandra Goyal (A1), Ajay Kumar (A2), Dinesh Kumar (A3), Mukesh Kumar (A4) and Smt. Vimla Devi (A5) is directed against the judgment of conviction recorded by the First Additional Sessions Judge, Ambikapur, in S.T. No. 99/96 whereby the Sessions Judge has convicted the appellants for commission of offence punishable under Sections 304-B and 306 of Indian Penal Code (for short, IPC) and sentenced each of the appellants to undergo R.I. for 10 years U/s. 304-B and R. 1. for 7 years U/s. 306 IPC and further directed that both the sentences shall run concurrently. Facts of the case, giving rise to this appeal are as under:--

1.1. That, Sulochana (deceased) was married with appellant No. 2/Ajay Kumar on 20.02.1994. Shortly after the marriage, Sulochana complained to her parents namely Phpolchand (PW-1-father), Parwati (PW-6-mother), Rajkumar (PW-4-brother) and Madan Lal (PW-5) that the appellants were demanding dowry and subjecting her to cruelty in connection with said demand. The complaint was made on few occasions whenever Sulochana visited her parental home and ultimately committed suicide by hanging herse