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9. PW1 Malti Devi (mother of the deceased) deposed that she married her daughter Pooja to accused Rajesh on 12.5.2006. Her daughter was blessed with two sons. She had given about Rs. 1 lakh at the time of marriage of her daughter Pooja to her mother­ in­law Malti Devi. Nothing else was demanded by the accused persons at the time of marriage. She received the information regarding death of her daughter Pooja through police on FIR NO.362/11 PS Bhajan Pura 8/19 07.08.2011 at about 4 PM. She had received the said information only through the police and she was not informed by the accused persons regarding death of her daughter Pooja. She learnt that her deceased daughter Pooja expired one day earlier i.e. on 06.08.2011. In the matrimonial home of her daughter Pooja, her husband, mother­in­law, jeth Kapur Gupta, jhethani Seema and dever Chandan were also residing. The deceased Pooja never informed her anything about the behaviour or conduct of the accused persons. Her deceased daughter Pooja was residing in Bhajanpura. Her daughter Pooja had visited them at Patna and returned back in January, 2012. She further stated that after receipt of the information about her death, she along with her damad (son in law) Ajit Kumar and her nephew Shyam Babu came to Delhi on 08.08.2011. They went to Police Station Bhajanpura first. The police made enquires from her in the police station. She had also gone to S.P. Office and her statement was recorded vide Ex.PW1/A signed by her. She went to hospital. She identified the dead body of her daughter Pooja and her statement in this regard was recorded vide Ex.PW1/B. After postmortem the dead body was handed over to them vide handing over memo Ex.PW1/C. FIR NO.362/11 PS Bhajan Pura 9/19 She handed over the marriage card Ex.P1 in respect of her daughter to the IO which was seized vide seizure memo Ex.PW1/D. She had also given the photographs Ex.P­1/A, B, C, D of her daughter along with the members of her matrimonial family and the same were taken into possession by the IO vide seizure memo Ex.PW1/E. Since she was trying to suppress the truth, she was cross examined by the prosecution. In her cross examination she stated that whatever she stated before the Magistrate was a true statement and nothing was false. An amount of Rs.1,00,000/­ was given out of her own wishes and will and the same was not demanded by the accused persons at the time of 'Tilak Ceremony'. She had not stated to the Magistrate in her statement that the accused persons had demanded Rs. 1,00,000/­ at the time of 'Tilak Ceremony' during the course of marriage of her daughter. She was confronted with portion A to A1 of Ex.PW1/A where it was so recorded. She also stated that she had not stated in her statement before the Magistrate that the mother in law and devar Chandan of her daughter Pooja used to harass her on petty matters. She was confronted with portion B to B1 of her statement Ex.PW1/A where it was so recorded. She further stated that she FIR NO.362/11 PS Bhajan Pura 10/19 had not stated in her statement before the Magistrate that Chandan had purchased a plot few days back out of the common funds of the family and that he was demanding Rs.1,00,000/­ from her daughter Pooja to transfer the plot in the name of her deceased daughter Pooja. She was confronted with portion C to C1 of statement Ex.PW1/A where it was so recorded. She further stated that she had not stated in her statement before the Magistrate that about 15 days prior to the incident, accused Chandan had beaten her deceased daughter Pooja and the said fact was informed to her by her daughter Pooja on telephone. She was confronted with portion D to D1 of her statement Ex.PW1/A where it was so recorded. She also deposed that she had not stated in her statement before the Magistrate that on the date of the incident i.e. 6.8.2011 accused Chandan, his mother accused Malti and husband accused Rajesh had beaten her daughter and she had not stated that she had suspicion that all three of them had killed her daughter Pooja as her deceased daughter was harassed by her mother in law and devar Chandan. She was confronted with portion E to E1 of her statement Ex.PW1/A where it was so recorded. She denied the suggestion that she was deposing falsely FIR NO.362/11 PS Bhajan Pura 11/19 as she had compromised the matter with the accused persons. She also stated that she had not stated in her statement to the police that accused persons had demanded Rs.1,00,000/­ during the 'Tilak Ceremony' and that they had fulfilled that demand as the money was saved by them for the purpose of marriage of her deceased daughter Pooja. She was confronted with statement Ex.P1/A from portion A to A1 where it was so recorded. She had not stated in her statement to the police that the money of Rs. 1,00,000/­ was paid to the accused in the presence of her son in law Ajit Kumar. She was confronted with statement Ex.P1/A from portion B to B1 where it was so recorded. She further testified that she had not stated in her statement to the police that at the time of purchasing the plot by the accused, Rs.1,00,000/­ was demanded by accused Chandan and Malti and they told them that they were not in a position to pay so much money and to give dowry repeatedly and despite that accused Chandan and Rajesh still pressed her daughter Pooja for bringing Rs.1,00,000/­. She was confronted with statement Ex.P1/A from portion C to C1 where it was so recorded. She also denied that she had stated in her statement to the police that a plot was purchased in the name FIR NO.362/11 PS Bhajan Pura 12/19 of accused Chandan and Rs.1,00,000/­ was demanded from them so that the plot could be transferred in the name of her deceased daughter Pooja and she came to know that all the accused persons had beaten her daughter about 15 days back on this issue. She was confronted with statement Ex.P1/A from portion D to D1 where it was so recorded. She further testified that she had not stated in her statement to the police that all the accused persons who were the inlaws of her deceased daughter Pooja used to demand dowry from her and also used to beat her and this fact was told to her by her deceased daughter Pooja. She also deposed that she had not stated that due to the behavior of the accused persons her daughter Pooja committed suicide. She was confronted with statement Ex.P1/A from portion E to E1 where it was so recorded. She further stated that she had not given any statement to the police on 2.9.2011. She denied the suggestion that she had given statement to the police on 2.9.2011. In her cross examination by the defence she admitted that police had obtained her signatures on some blank papers and today she was deposing out of her free will, at her own instance and without any pressure from the side of accused persons. She admitted that her deceased daughter was FIR NO.362/11 PS Bhajan Pura 13/19 residing happily at her matrimonial home and her statement Ex.PW1/A was not read over to her when she signed the same.