SAYRA BANO Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Appellants had faced trial under Section 498-A, 304-B in alternative Section 302 Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as 'I.P.C.') in FIR No. 568 dated 24.08.2014 registered at Police Station Jhotwara, District Jaipur (South).

(2.) On the basis of the statement of the victim, formal FIR was registered under Section 498-A, 307 I.P.C. Statement of the victim was recorded by the Magistrate on 24.08.2014, wherein, victim stated that Sayra Bano was her mother-in-law and Heena Bano was her sister-in-law and they used to harass her. On the day of occurrence, her sister-in-law said something to her mother-in-law and due to this reason both of them quarrelled. Thereafter, she (victim) came in the kitchen quietly. Her mother-in-law and sister- in-law came in the kitchen and threw kerosene oil on her and as a result, she suffered burn injuries. Kerosene oil had been thrown on her by her mother-in-law.

(3.) In order to prove its case, prosecution examined seventeen witnesses, during trial. Appellants when examined under Section 313 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, after the close of prosecution evidence, prayed that they were innocent and had been falsely involved in this case. Appellants examined two witnesses in their defence.