JUDGMENT :

GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY, J.

1. Sole appellant is before this Court against the judgment of conviction and sentence passed under Section 302 of the IPC.

2. Informant is the brother of the deceased. Appellant is the husband of the deceased who was married to him in the year 2007. As per prosecution case, she was subjected to cruelty in reference to dowry demand. Because of the incessant harassment at the hand of the appellant, she had earlier fled from her matrimonial home and taken refuge in her parents’ home. After much persuasion, she was sent back to her matrimonial home by the informant. On 16.03.2011, he received information from someone who was co-villager of the appellant that his sister had died. When they went there, they found her to be dead and there was mark of strangulation over her neck.

3. On the basis of the written report, Peterwar P.S. Case No. 30/11 was registered under Sections 304B/34 of the IPC against the appellant and five other in-laws. After investigation, charge sheet was submitted against the appellant. He was put on trial for offence under Sections 302 and 304B of the IPC.

4. Altogether five witnesses have been examined in this case and the relevant