MAHENDER KUMAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE Additional Sessions Judge (Fast Track), Anupgarh, District Sriganganagar, by judgment impugned dated 2.9.2004, convicted the accused appellants for the offences punishable under Sections 304 -B and 498 -A Indian Penal Code and sentenced them as under: - u/S.304 -B IPC ­ Life imprisonment with fine of Rs.10,000/ - and in default of payment of fine to further undergo one year's rigorous imprisonment. u/S.498 -A IPC ­ Three years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs.1000/ - and in default of payment of fine to further undergo two months rigorous imprisonment.

(2.) AGGRIEVED by the conviction recorded and sentence awarded this appeal is preferred.

(3.) ON basis of the written report (Ex.P/1) a case was registered and investigation commenced. During the course of investigation, site plan and inquest were prepared. Blood stained soil and hairs of deceased were taken from the place of incident and the corpus of Smt. Kamlesh was subjected to an autopsy, report of that is available on record as Ex.P/22. After arrest of the accused persons a disclosure was made by accused Chandrabhan and on basis of that a 'kassi' was recovered, that was sent for its serological examination to the Forensic Science Laboratory alongwith several other articles including the shirt of accused Chandrabhan and the blood stained clothes of deceased Kamlesh. The report of the Forensic Science Laboratory is available on record as Ex.P/34.