B.N.P.Singh, J.

1. Though three persons of in-laws house including Saraswati Devi were put on trial on accusation oi causing dowry death of Sanju Kumari, the appellants alone suffered conviction under Sections 304B and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, said Saraswati Devi, mother-in-law, of the deceased having been acquitted of the charges on conclusion of trial by the trial court. The appellants pursuant to their conviction were sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a term of ten years each on the first count, and for the other count, they were sentenced to a term of two years rigorous imprisonment with a rider that both sentences shall run concurrently.

2. At this juncture it would be convenient to notice some salient features of the prosecution case. Sanju Kumari was wed ded to appellant Surya Kant Sharma sometimes in the year 1989. Though parents had made presentationto the in-laws befit-ting to their financial status at the time of marriage, demand of provision of television set, a two wheeler and also cash of Rs. 20,000/- was met at the time of inception of marriage. However, the parents were not possessed of sufficient means and had not been affluent to meet the