Vikramaditya Prasad, J.

1. This criminal appeal is directed against the order of Shri Vinod Kumar Sinha, the 5th Additional Sessions Judge, Giridih dated 25.5.1999 and 26.5.1999 whereby and whereunder the learned Court held the appellants guilty in Sessions Trial No. 251 of 1994 and convicted all of them under Sections 304B and 498A of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced each of them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for nine years under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code and fine of Rs. 2,000/- each and in default simple imprisonment for three months and further to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and a fine of Rs. 500/- and in default one months imprisonment. However, both the sentences were ordered to be run concurrently.

2. The conviction arose out of the following prosecution story as appearing in the Fardbeyan (Ext. 1) lodged by Ghanshyam Mandal, the father of the victim

3. It is not at all in dispute that the deceased Anita Devi was not married to appellant No. 1 and she did not die within seven years of the marriage. The autopsy of the dead body of Anita Devi was conducted by P.W. 5 Doctor who also proved the P