S.S. BYAS, J.—Ram Chandra and his son Balraj who are appellants before us, were convicted u/s. 302/34 IPC and each was sentenced to imprisonment for life with a fine of Rs. 500/-, in default of the payment of fine to further undergo six months rigorous imprisonment by the learned Sessions Judge, Jhunjhunu by his judgment dated October 16, 1987. They have come up in appeal and challenged their conviction.

2. The victim in the case is Smt. Krishna born on 1.7.1969. She was the wife of the appellant Balraj. P.W. 2 Om Prakash and PW. 12 Mst. Pana are the parents, PW. 1 Dharamvcer Singh is the brother and PW. 15 Smt. Vidhya is the sister of the victim. The prosecution case may briefly be summarised as under:-

3. The marriage between Krishna and the appellant Balraj was solomnized on 26.5.84 in Dhani Sheoran Tan Dev Road, P.S. Chirawa, District Jhunjhunu. After marriage Krishna went to live with her husband and in-laws in Jhunjhunu. Thereafter she visited her parents house off and on. The distance between Dhani Sheoran and Jhunjhunu is of 15 or 16 Kms. On 21.3.1985 when she was living in Jhunjhunu with her husband and in-laws, she appeared in the first paper of English of the secondary exa

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