Pamma Ram and Jethani of the deceased, all assaulted Karamjeet; poured kerosene on her and burnt her alive. Karamjeet expired by the burn injuries. All her ornaments were taken away by the accused. On the basis of this report, an FIR No.294/2012 was registered at the Police Station Sardar Shahar, District Sri Ganganagar for the offences under Sections 498A and 302 IPC. It may be stated here that Shri Tarsem had lodged an earlier complaint (Ex.D/2) with the SHO, Police Station Sardar Shahar on 30.09.2012 itself, alleging inter alia that his sister had died in suspicious circumstances and thus, her postmortem be conducted and inquiry be held. On this complaint, proceedings under Section 174 Cr.P.C. were undertaken. In these proceedings, statement of Nisha (Ex.D/5), daughter of the appellant and the deceased, was recorded wherein, she alleged that her father had gone to Sadul Shahar on the fateful day at about 9 o’ clock in the morning. She was cleaning the bada . When she suddenly heard the fervent cries of her mother, she ran towards their room. Her mother was up in flames and was sitting on the charpai. Nobody other than her mother, she herself and her brothers and sister were present in the house. She totally denied the suggestion that her father and mother had quarreled with each other and stated that her mother set herself to fire after pouring kerosene on her body. During the course of investigation of FIR No.294/2012, the first statement of Nisha was recorded on 02.10.2012 in which, she alleged that a day before the incident, her father and her mother had quarreled with each other and that her mother was beaten up. On this, her mother became enraged and did not take food. Thereafter, her grandmother came and took her and her siblings to her own house
