J.S.Sekhon, J.

1. Mst. Koshalya and her son Harbans Lal, appellants along with her husband Kashmiri Lal, daughters Mst. Parveen Rani and Kiran Rani and her son-in-law Sat Pal were tried on a charge for offence under Section 304-B read with Section 149, Indian Penal Code, by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hoshiarpur. Mst. Koshalya and Harbans Lal were found guilty on the charge for offence punishable under Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code and each one of them was awarded sentence of rigorous imprisonment for life and fine of Rs. 500/- or in default of payment thereof to further suffer three months rigorous imprisonment while their co-accused Kashmiri Lal, Parveen Rani, Kiran Rani and Sat Pal were acquitted.

2. Feeling aggrieved against their conviction and sentence, Mst. Koshalya and Harbans Lal had preferred Criminal Appeals No. 448-DB and 460-DB of 1991 respectively. Both these appeals shall be disposed of by this order as these arise out of the same judgment of the trial court and rest upon the same evidence.

3. In brief the facts of the prosecution case are that Mst. Kamlesh Rani alias Babli deceased was the daughter of Jagiri Lal (PW 12) of Jalandhar Cantt