SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA, J.

1. Present Appeal has been preferred against the judgment dated 1st October, 2003, and order on Sentence dated 13th October, 2003, whereby the Appellant was convicted u/s 304B/498-A IPC read with Section 34 IPC and sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of 7 years with fine of Rs. 1,000/-.

2. Janki was married to son of the Appellant on 5th December, 2000. She committed suicide by hanging herself on 1st March, 2001. After her death, her brother Ved Prakash, PW-2 gave a statement to SDM that he had visited Janki's house on 23rd February, 2001 and found her in a sad mood. She told him that her in laws were asking for Rs. 50,000/- and a scooter as they wanted to open a shop and the scooter was required for roaming around. Ved Prakash stated that thereafter he talked to in-laws of her sister and told them that he would respond after thinking over. He asked them to send Janki with him. On this, he was told that they would take her to his house after 2-3 days. After that he received information that Janki had died. He expressed his doubt that his sister had been killed by her husband, parents of her husband and husband's sister Kiran.

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