Surjit Singh, J (Oral) State has appealed against the judgment dated 9.6.1994 of learned Sessions Court Hamirpur, whereby respondent Harbans Lal husband, Dhani Ram and Karam Chand brothers of the husband and Bohri Devi mother-in-law of deceased Urmila Devi, who were tried for offences under Sections 498-A and 306 Indian Penal Code, have been acquitted.

2. Case of the prosecution may be summed up thus. Deceased Urmila Devi daughter of PW1 Kirpa Ram was married to Harbans Lal respondent in the month of October 1984. For about four months, Urmila Devi was kept and treated well but thereafter, all the respondents started giving beatings to her. Respondent Bohri Devi, the mother-in-law of the deceased wanted that she live as wife of all her three sons, i.e., respondent Harbans Lal, with whom she was married and also his two brothers, i.e., respondent Dhani Ram and Karam Chand. Deceased objected to this immoral suggestion of Bohri Devi. Further, all the four respondents used to demand television set, Sofa-set and some large sized vessels meant for cooking rice known as Charoties. Once in the year 1986, Urmila was so severely beaten up that she left the respondents’ house and w