Sanjay Karol, J.

On 15.4.2012 Smt. Rupashree Debnath, aged 16 years died as a result of multiple organ failure arising out of burn injuries (80%). In relation to the said crime, her husband Jhutan Das stands convicted for having committed an offence punishable under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code (for short, IPC). Independently and additionally, Jhutan Das and his parents Sukha Ranjan Das and Sabita Das stand convicted for having committed an offence punishable under Section 498A of IPC.

2. Judgment of conviction and sentence dated 27.8.2015 is subject matter of challenge in these appeals on the following grounds urged before us :

(a) There is unexplained and inordinate delay of 18 hours in lodging the FIR;

(b) no independent witness from the neighbourhood was either associated or examined in Court;

(c) trial stands vitiated on account of non-examination of one witness who allegedly witnessed the incident;

(d) it being a case of circumstantial evidence, testimonies of family members of the deceased, being interested witnesses, required corroboration, in any event there testimonies are full of improvements and embellishments rendering them to be unbelievable and the witne