ORDER :

1. This appeal is preferred against the judgment of conviction dated 10.04.2003 and order of sentence dated 19.04.2003 passed by learned Additional sessions Judge, FTC-II, Dhanbad, in S.T. No. 310 of 1996 whereby and whereunder the appellants were found guilty and have been convicted under sections 306/34 of the Indian Penal code and all of them have been sentenced to undergo R.I. for 7 years and also to pay a fine of Rs. 2000/- each, in default of payment of fine they have been further sentenced to undergo R.I. for 6 months.

It is found from the record that originally there were four appellants including Appellant No. 1 Tara Devi (mother-in-law), Appellant No. 2 Jagat Ram Mandal (father-in-law), Appellant No. 3 sisters-in-law (Nanad) Baby Devi and Appellant No. 4 sister-in-law (Nanad) Soni Mandal. Out of the said four appellants two of them, namely, Appellant No. 1 Tara Devi (mother-in-law) and Appellant No. 2 Jagat Ram Mandal (father-in-law) have died during pendency of this appeal and hence names of Appellant No. 1 Tara Devi (mother-in law) and Appellant No. 2 Jagat Ram Mandal (father-in-law) have been deleted from the Cause Title of the appeal and the rest of the appellan