( 1 ) RENU, the deceased and Jagdish Behal were married on 28th November, 1985. Shanti Behal is the mother-in-law of renu being mother of Jagdish Behal.

( 2 ) BRIEFLY, the case set up by the prosecution is that four or five days after the marriage Jagdish made a demand of Rs. 20,000. 00 from the father of Renu to purchase colour Television and a Scooter. When the father, Mangal singh expressed his inability to pay the amount Jagdish told him that if he did not pay that amount, his mother Shanti would not allow him to keep Renu in the house. Mangal singh did not tell 300 the fact of demand made by Jagdish to his daughter, Renu. On her visit to the parents house at Ghaziabad Renu told them that on several occasions accused persons were giving beating to her and their behaviour towards her was cruel. On 2nd June, 1986 Jagdish left Renu at the house of her parents where she stayed for about three months. Renu was reluctant to go with Jagdish on account of ill treatment. The parents of Renu, however, prevailed upon her and she was sent with Jagdish to her matrimonial house on 30th August, 1986.

( 3 ) THE incident of burning took place on 4th September, 1986 in the h