JUDGMENT :

Vikas Kunvar Srivastav, J.

1. These two criminal appeals arise out of the single judgment and order dated 3.5.1986 passed by the Learned special Judge, Unnao in Sessions Trial No.406 of 1985 under Section 302/34 and 307/34 I.P.C., Police Station-Maurawan, District-Unnao, whereby the accused/appellants have been convicted and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life under Section 302/34 IPC and three years' rigorous imprisonment under Section 307/34 IPC.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief as emerging out from the contents of the F.I.R. and the evidences laid before the court is that the elder brother of the informant (Ram Praksh, PW-1) namely Sachidanand, resident of Village Korwa (Mawai), Police Station -Maurawan, District 'Unnao' was married to Meena Kumari, the daughter of accused appellant, Jatashankar in February 1983. Smt. Meena Kumari died of burn injuries as she caught fire while cooking food. Accused Jatashankar, his sons namely accused appellants Mukesh and Rakesh came under impression that the said Meena Kumari was intentionally burnt by her-in-laws. Consequently, the family of the accused persons developed tense relation with the informant's family on acco