OM PARKASH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) OM Parkash, Bhagwan Das and Satya Devi were convicted by Additional Sessions Judge, Hisar under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 201 of the Indian Penal Code and 404 of the Indian Penal Code and were sentenced to imprisonment for life rigorous imprisonment for one year and rigorous imprisonment for one year respectively.

(2.) FEELING aggrieved they have filed this appeal.

(3.) THE prosecution in support of its case examined PW 3 Dr. P.K. Singhal, Medical Officer, Civil Hospital, Balabgarb who conducted autopsy on the dead body of Bhagwanti deceased on 23rd of November 1986 at 1.15. P.M. and found that she had died due to as phyxia as a result of strangulation which was ante-mortem in nature and sufficient to cause death in the ordinary course of nature. The time that elapsed between death and post-mortem, according to the doctor, was within 36 hours.