other family members had given sufficient gifts and money by way of dowry. She was, for sometime, kept well in her matrimonial home but later, money and articles were being demanded from her. On non-fulfillment of the aforesaid demand of money and articles, she was harassed and tortured. She was, therefore, forced to file a case against the accused persons in Bihar Sharif. Later, with the intervention of the family members and others, a settlement was effected and the accused persons, after executing bond for maintaining good behaviour and conduct, brought her back to the matrimonial home. She has further stated that her husband (Randhir Kumar @ Munna) has illicit relationship with his sister-in-law (Poonam Devi) and for this reason, all the accused persons again started torturing her. On 29.11.2012, at about 6 O’clock in the evening, her husband, brother-in-law and sister-in-law sprinkled kerosene oil on her body and set her on fire. Her parents-in-law were standing there, but they did not prevent the accused persons from committing this crime. The parents-in-law, later, ran away. It has further been stated in the aforesaid statement that the cousin mother-in-law of the deceased (Sunita Devi, who has been examined as P.W. 1 in Sessions Trial No. 954 of 2012) took her to Bihta Government Hospital and from there, she was referred to P.M.C.H., Patna where she was admitted for
