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S.C.SHARMA, SHAILENDRA SHUKLA
State of M. P. – Appellant
Versus
Beeramlal – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Shailendra Shukla, J.
1. This is an appeal under Section 378 of Cr.P.C. preferred against the judgment dated 19.9.2001, pronounced in S.T. No. 179/2000 pronounced by ASJ, Biaora District Rajgarh, acquitting the respondents from charges framed under Section 302 in alternative 302/34, Section 304-B and Section 498A of IPC.
2. The admitted facts are that the respondent No. 1-Beeramlal is the father-in-law of the deceased-Geetabai and respondent No. 2-Hukum Singh is the husband of the deceased Geetabai.
3. The prosecution story in short was that Geetabai was married to Hukum Singh, respondent No. 2, 4 to 5 years prior to her death. Geetabai's mother had expired and her father Anar Singh had contracted Natra marriage with another woman and Geetabai and her two siblings were reared by her maternal grandfather Ramlal and he had solemnized the marriage of Geetabai with Hukum Singh. Whenever Geetabai used to come to her maternal grandfather house, she would complain that the respondents and her mother-in-law are harassing her on account of dowry. They used to tell Geetabai to arrange money from Dev Singh who is her maternal uncle. As per the prosecution story, Panchayat was then call
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