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B. P. SINGH, TARUN CHATTERJEE
Sanjiv Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
B.P. Singh, J.
The appellant herein has appealed by special leave impugning the judgment and order of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh in Criminal Appeal No.482-SB of 1993 dated February 2, 2005 affirming his conviction under Sections 304B and 498A of the Indian Penal Code (Indian Penal Code) and affirming the sentence of rigorous imprisonment for seven years and two years respectively on those counts. The sentences have been directed to run concurrently.
2. The facts of the case are that the appellant Sanjiv Kumar was married to deceased Raj Rani about 4½ months before the occurrence which is alleged to have taken place on 24th August, 1991. The case of the prosecution is that the matrimonial home of the deceased was at village Gobindpura. Her parents resided at village Khadayal at a distance of 150 kms. One of the brothers-in-law of the deceased namely Balwant Rai is a resident of village Ghunder which is at a distance of about 5 kms. from village Gobindpura.
3. The case of the prosecution is that 15 days after her marriage when the deceased came to village Khadayal she complained to her family members that her husband - the appellant herein, as also her in
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