VINOD PURI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The appellant-accused as well as complainant has preferred respective appeals assailing the impugned judgment dated 27/6/2013 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Rajgarh, District Churu in Sessions Case No.5/2007, whereby the appellantaccused Vinod Puri has been convicted for the offences under Section 302 and 304B coupled with Section 498- A of IPC and sentenced as under :- Under Section 498A IPC Three years simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs.1,000/- and in default to pay fine, further to undergo for one month simple imprisonment. Under Section 304B IPC Life imprisonment and a fine of Rs.1,000/- and in default to pay fine, further to undergo for one month simple imprisonment. Under Section 302 IPC Life imprisonment and a fine of Rs.5,000/- and in default to pay fine, further to undergo for six month simple imprisonment.

(2.) In nutshell, the factual aspect relating to the FIR Ex.P.1 reads as under:-

(3.) Heard the arguments advanced by both the sides and perused the record. Learned counsel for the appellant has argued that the learned trial Court has erroneously passed the impugned judgment, story of the prosecution is totally false and twisted the story of suicide into alleged killing falsely, ignoring the fact that the accused-appellant was assaulted by his mentally depressed wife with blade and badly injured him. FIR of the prosecution is ante-date and there is no evidence in respect of demand of dowry soon before the crime and the couple was having two kids Aditya and Nitin and was living happily.