JUDGMENT :

ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J.

1. These two Criminal Appeals have arisen from a common judgment dated 04.04.2005, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge/IInd Fast Track Court, Udham Singh Nagar in Sessions Trial No. 345 of 2003, State vs. Malkeet Singh and Others, by which, the appellants have been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years for the offence under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short “IPC”) they have been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years under Section 506 IPC and, they have been further convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months under Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. All the sentences have been directed to run concurrently.

2. The file of Criminal Appeal No. 66 of 2005 has already been consolidated with the file of Criminal Appeal No. 55 of 2005.

3. The case of the prosecution is that Smt. Surinder Kaur (deceased) was married to the appellant-Malkeet Singh on 14.11.2002. The appellant Smt. Veera Kaur was the mother-in-law of the deceased Smt. Surinder Kaur. Appellant-Kripal Singh was the father-in-law o