The claim made by father of the deceased (PW-1) that he had delivered Rs.5 lakhs to accused - Mangat Ram, at the time of marriage was not corroborated, in as much as, there was no eye-witness and his wife was not even aware of the said money being paid to the accused. The said witness also made improvements with regard to the dowry demands while recording statement in Court, when compared to his earlier statements recorded by the SDM. Before the SDM, no statement was made with regard to the demand of motor-car by the accused person. Pertinently, the material witnesses did not narrate their statements before the Court as were recorded before the learned Magistrate and consequently, they were declared hostile and leading questions were put to them. It is also pertinent to note that a mobile SIM card was purchased by PW-4 Soni Gupta, Aunt of PW-3 Komal, friend of the deceased in her own name and given to Komal (PW-3), who in turn handed over the same to the deceased. The call details record of the said mobile number show that the deceased was in frequent conversation with Rajeev Gupta (PW-28), with whom the deceased was claimed to be having a relationship even prior to her marriage. Even on the date of suicide, the deceased appears to have had a lengthy conversation with Rajeev. The
