JUDGMENT :

Alok Kumar Verma, J.

The present appeal has been filed by the appellants-accused persons against the judgment and order dated 21.03.2006, passed by the learned District and Sessions Judge, Rudraprayag in Sessions Trial No.5 of 2005, “State Vs. Balbhadra Singh and Another”, by which, the appellants Balbhadra Singh and Smt. Shashi Devi have been convicted under Sections 304B and 498A of I.P.C. and have been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for the period of seven years in the offence punishable under Section 304B IPC and rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year along with a fine of Rs. 500/- each respectively for the offence punishable under Section 498A IPC and in default of payment of fine, the appellants shall undergo for one month simple imprisonment. Both the sentences are directed to run concurrently.

2. Briefly stated the prosecution story as it emerges from re-appreciation of the evidence on record is that the appellant-Balbharda Singh was the father-in-law and the appellant-Smt. Shashi Devi was the mother-in-law of the deceased Smt. Sumati Devi. Smt. Sumati Devi was married with one Rakesh Singh in the month of October, 2003. After marriage, the appel