Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J

1. The present appeal has been filed by Hem Karan son of Sher Singh; his brother Udey Singh and two sons of Udey Singh namely Manoj Kumar and Daulat Ram. They were tried in case FIR No. 93 dated 06.05.1996 registered at Police Station Jatusana under Section 306/34 IPC. They were charged by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Rewari that they, on 6th May, 1996 in the area of village Shahadatnagar, abetted suicide of Meena daughter of Pohap Singh and they had committed offence under Section 306 read with Section 34 IPC.

2. Appellants were convicted by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Rewari vide impugned judgment dated 29.11.1997 under Section 306/ 34 IPC and were awarded four years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.300/-. In default of payment of fine, they were ordered to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one month. Aggrieved against the same, the present appeal has been preferred.

3. ASI Inder Singh PW-12 on 6th May, 1996 was present at tea point in the area of police post Nahar, where Pohap Singh (complainant) made a statement (Ex.PA), on the basis of which formal FIR (Ex.PA/1) was recorded. It was stated in