U. S. TRIPATHI, J.

( 1 ) APPELLANT Mahesh Kumar has preferred this appeal against the judgment and order dated 8-2-1991 passed by 5th Additional Sessions Judge, Kanpur Dehat in S. T. No. 198 of 1988 convicting the appellant under Sections 498-A, 304-B and 201, I. P. C. and sentencing him to undergo R. I. for a period of 3 years under Section 498-A, imprisonment for life under Section 304-B and R. I. for a period of 7 years under Section 201, I. P. C. Further it was directed that all the substantive sentences shall run concurrently.

( 2 ) THE prosecution story, briefly stated, was that Brij Bihari Awasthi (P. W. 2) had married his daughter Smt. Sunita deceased (17) about 11 months before the occurrence of this case with the appellant Mahesh Kumar. He had provided adequate dowry in the marriage. But when Sunita deceased started living with the appellant after marriage the appellant along with his sister Km. Shashi and brother-in-law Prem Shankar started demand of scooter in dowry from Brij Bihari (P. W. 2 ). The deceased when returned back to her parents house told to her father that in case scooter was not given to the appellant in dowry, she would be killed. Prior to a few days of