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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Criminal Appeal Nos. 1735-1736 of 2010
Decided On: 28.05.2021
Appellants: Satbir Singh and Ors. Vs. Respondent: State of Haryana
Hon'ble Judges/Coram:
N.V. Ramana, C.J.I. and Aniruddha Bose JUDGMENT
N.V. Ramana, C.J.I.
1. The present appeals arise out of the impugned judgment dated 06.11.2008 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in Criminal Appeal Nos. 3-SB of 1998 and 16-SB of 1998, whereby the High Court dismissed the appeals preferred by the Appellants and upheld the order of conviction and sentence passed by the Trial Court on 11.12.1997.
2. The case of the prosecution is that the deceased and Accused-Appellant No. 1 were married on 01.07.1994. On 31.7.1995, at about 4 or 4.30 P.M., some persons informed the complainant that his daughter was ailing and admitted in the hospital. On this information he, along with his wife and son, reached the hospital and found that the deceased passed away due to burn injuries. The prosecution's case was that the deceased committed suicide by setting herself ablaze just after one year of her marriage and that soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty and harassment on account of bringing less dowry by both the Accused.
3. The Appellants were convicted by the Trial Court vide order dated 11.12.1997 for the offences Under Sections 304-B and 306, Indian Penal Code and were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years for the offence punishable Under Section 304-B, Indian Penal Code and to undergo rigorous imprisonment for five years for the offence punishable Under Section 306, Indian Penal Code.
4. Aggrieved thereby, the Appellants approached the High Court to set aside the order of conviction and sentence passed by the Trial Court. The High Court vide impugned judgment dated 06.11.2008, upheld the order of the Trial Court and dismissed the appeal filed by the Appellants. The Appellants have filed the present appeals by way of Special Leave, challenging the concurrent findings of the Courts below.
5. The learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Appellants submitted that the possibility of accidental fire has not been ruled out in the present case. Moreover, most im........