(Surjit Singh, J.) (Oral) - This appeal, under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, is directed against the judgment, dated 8th September, 2008, of learned Additional Sessions Judge, whereby the appellant, who, alongwith his father, mother and grandmother, was charged with and tried for offences, under Sections 498-A and 306, read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, has been convicted of the offences, under Sections 306 and 498-A of the Indian Penal code, and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years and to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/-, in respect of offence, under Section 306 of the Indian Penal code; and to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/- for the offence, under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, though his father, mother and grandmother stand acquitted.

2. Case of the prosecution, as it emerges from the evidence, led, during trial, may be summed up thus. Deceased Usha Devi was married to the appellant in march, 2002. For the first five-six months, she was treated well and with roundness, but thereafter the appellant, his father Chuharu Ram, his other Manbhari Devi and his grandmother Ph