The conviction of the petitioners seems to be based on the evidence of the informant, P.W-4 and supported by P.Ws.1, 2 and P.W-5. Infact from the initial stage of the marriage, there was a demand of Rs.25,000/-from the side of the accused persons and P.W-5, the father of the informant had categorically stated that he had to mortgage his land in order to fulfill the demand of Rs.25,000/-. It appears that P.W-5 in spite of his best efforts could not fulfill the rest demand which was made from the side of the accused, which subsequently led to the incident of assault committed upon the informant. The informant, who has been examined as P.W-4, has also categorically stated about Panchayat having been convened on several occasions in order to settle the matter but every time she had to return back to her matrimonial house and torture and assault upon her continued unabated on account of non fulfilment of the balance amount of Rs.2,000/-, a jersey cow and a wrist watch. The evidence of P.W-4 with respect to assault committed by her husband and mother in law has been substantiated by the evidence of P.W-1 who has also stated that on hearing the cry of alarm he had rushed to the matrimonial house of the informant, at which her husband had ordered him to leave as the matter was an internal affair. So far as the ocular evidence regarding assault committed upon P.W-4 is concerned, the same has been duly supported by P.W-1. The doctor, who has been examined as P.W-6 on examination of the victim, had also opined about the fracture injury on her left hand which corroborates the fact that it was the husband, mother in law of the informant who had assaulted her with ‘danda’.
