SUKUMAR MAHALDAR Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal arose out of judgment and order dated 20.5.1999 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, 4th Court, Nadia in Sessions Case No. 12 of June 1993 convicting thereby the appellants under section 498A/304B of the Indian Penal Code and sentencing them to suffer imprisonment for seven years for the offence under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code and to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of L 1,000/- each in default to suffer further rigorous imprisonment for three months for the offence under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.

(2.) During pendency of the appeal, Jamini Mahaldar, the appellant No. 4 died and as such the case against him stands abated. In the background of this appeal, the fact in a nutshell is as follows:

(3.) On trial, the learned trial court convicted the present appellants by the impugned judgment.