SUKHPAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BOTH these applications arise out of FIR No. 46/98 u/sec. 302 and 201 IPC, P. S. Datwas Distt. Tonk. BOTH are, therefore, disposed of by this common order.

(2.) SMT. Surta deceased was married with Basram S/o Nanda about 6 years back. Her Gona ceremony took place about 2 years back. It is alleged that she was treated with cruelty by her husband and his other relatives particularly SMT. Noorka, the mother in-law. On 25. 5. 98 Ram Karan, the father of the deceased has gone to bring her to his house but she was not sent with him on the ground that the groundnut crop was yet to be reaped. It is further alleged that after the return of Ram Karan from the village of the applicants, SMT. Surta was beaten and then taken to a doctor in a tractor but since she had died on the way to the hospital, she was brought back to the village and without informing the complainant of her death her dead body was disposed of by fire. Ram Karan came to know of the above fact about 8 days after the incident. He filed a complaint in the court of the Magistrate on 20. 6. 98. The complaint was forwarded to the police u/s 156 (3) Cr. P. C. for investigation and Crime No. 46/98 u/s 302 and 201 IPC was registered at P. S. Datwas against the present applicants and Basram, Sukpal, Badri (in S. B. Cr. Misc. Appl. No. 4132/99) and SMT. Noorka and Km. Dholi (applicants in S. B. Cr. Misc. Application No. 4139/99) are the grand-father, uncle, mother and sister of Basram respectively.