S. D. Bajaj, J.

1. First Information Report No.481 recorded against the three accused in Police Station Saddar Jalandhar at 11.00 p. m. on October 8.1982 reads MJ am a resident of village Kala Singhia P. S. Saddar Kapurthala. About one year ago. I had married my one daughter Mohinder Kaur with Kirpal Singh 5/0 Sohan Singh. Jat rio village Gakhalan P. S. Saddar Jalandhar according to rites. After her marriage, she continued living In the house of heroin-laws. During that period, she used to visit our house several times. She used to return after staying for one or two days or we ourselves took her to the house of her-in-laws. But my daughter Mohinder Kaur used to tell me and my wife Pritam Kaur that her husband Kirpal Singh was in the habit to maltreat her illegally by saying Your parents are poor. When you come from their house you come with empty hands and you do not take anything from your parents. But, we remained helping our daughter according to our capacity and used to send her in the house of her-in-laws after making her understand. Sometime back our daughter was to deliver a child and my son Santokh Singh had brought Mohinder Kaur to our village from, (her in laws)