31.10.2014
1. This appeal is directed against the impugned judgment dated 1st March 2008 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge („ASJ‟) in Sessions Case No. 186 of 2006 convicting the two Appellants, i.e., Lachhman @ Raju and Kaushal Kumar @ Kallu, for the offence under Sections 498A and 304B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 („IPC‟) and the order on sentence dated 7th March 2008 whereby each of them was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment („RI‟) for three years each and to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000 each and in default to undergo RI for six months for the offence under Section 498A IPC. They were also sentenced to undergo RI for ten years each and to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000 each and in default of fine, to undergo RI for one year each for the offence under Section 304-B IPC. Both the sentences were directed to run concurrently.
2. The case of the prosecution was that Lachhman @ Raju, Accused No. 1 Criminal Appeal No. 726 of 2008