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2. In her statement recorded before the SDM Smt. Kiran, mother of deceased, stated that she was the mother of deceased Vimlesh, who was married to Pawan Kumar s/o Shishpal on 10th Dec. 2010. There was no demand of dowry at the time of marriage but they had given Rs. 3.5 Lakhs cash, one motorcycle, 5 Tola gold and other articles. After marriage her daughter i.e. deceased Vimlesh used to stay at her matrimonial home with her mother­in­law Barfi Devi, father­in­law Shishpal, brother­in­law (Jeth) Prabhu Dayal, sister­in­law (Jethani) Seema Devi and their two children, sister­in­law (Nanand) Hema and her husband Pawan. After one year of her marriage, her in­laws started to harass her and asked her to get a Mahindra Magic car from her paternal house. Her son­in­law Pawan was a drug addict and used to not to do any work. The brother­in­law (Jeth) and father­in­law of the deceased used to beat her son­in­law Pawan to get a car. Everyone used to quarrel with her daughter and due to the same her daughter mostly resided at her parental house. Her daughter did not have any child. She went to her matrimonial house on 28.11.2014. They used to talk telephonically. She used to tell about the quarrels at the house. She also used to tell that her brother­in­law (Jeth) and father­in­ law used to keep an evil eye on her. On 06.01.2015 at 10 am she had made a telephonic call to take her to the parental house and Smt. Kiran sent her husband at 08.00 pm to the matrimonial house of her daughter and when he reached there, he got to know that his daughter had hanged herself and had been taken to the LBS Hospital Mortuary. Smt. Kiran further stated that she suspected the father­in­law Shishpal, brother­in­law (Jeth) Prabhu Dayal, mother­in­law Barfi Devi, sister­in­law (Nanad) Hema and husband of deceased i.e. Pawan Kumar. They did not inform them about the demise of her daughter, therefore, she suspected that they had killed her daughter Vimlesh. On the basis of the statement of mother of deceased, namely Smt. Kiran Ex. PW3/A, the present case FIR bearing no. 25/2015 was registered u/s 498A/304B IPC.

20. PW3 was also cross­examined by learned Addl.P.P. for the State as she was not disclosing complete facts and she stated that she was an illiterate persons. Her statement was recorded by SDM Rakesh Pandey on 07.01.2015. She stated that she had given Rs. 3.5 Lacs in cash to the accused persons in the marriage. She further stated that after about one year of marriage of her daughter Vimlesh, accused persons started harassing her and started demanding Mahindra Magic vehicle. Accused Pawan was unemployed and used to consume liquor and he was pressurized by accused Shishpal and Prabhu Dayal to demand the said vehicle from Vimlesh and accused persons used to harass her for the same and therefore, her daughter Vimlesh used to remain at her parental home most of the time. On 28.11.2014 Vimlesh went to the house of her in­ laws and she used to talk to PW3 on mobile phone and also used to tell her that she was being harassed by the accused persons. She also told PW3 that accused Shishpal and Prabhu Dayal had an evil eye on her. On 06.01.2015 at about 10 am PW3 was present at her house when she received a telephonic call from Vimlesh, who told her that she was being harassed by the accused persons and she requested PW3 to take her back and thereafter PW3 sent her husband at about 8 pm. After reaching there her husband informed her that Vimlesh had committed suicide and she had been taken to the LBS Hospital. PW3 also stated that she had great suspicion that accused Shishpal, Prabhu Dayal, Barfi Devi, Hema, Seema and Pawan Kumar have killed her daughter Vimlesh. She stated that after death of Vimlesh, accused persons did not inform them. She stated that she had forgotten to tell said facts in her examination­in­chief as she is an illiterate person and she is a house wife.

21. PW5 Ram Niwas, father of the deceased, deposed that Vimlesh was his daughter. She was married to Pawan Kumar on 10.01.2010. No dowry demand was made at the time of marriage. They had given Rs. 3.5 Lacs in cash, a motorcycle, 4 Total of gold articles. Accused Pawan was not doing any work. He was addicted to liquor and drug. His daughter used to ask accused Pawan not to take liquor and drugs, upon which he used to beat his daughter. The other accused persons, who were family members of accused Pawan also used to harass his daughter. These facts were told to him by his daughter Vimlesh on her visit to his house. Accused Prabhu Dayal used to beat accused Pawan, his brother, to compel her to ask Vimlesh to bring a Mahendra Magic car from her parents. Accused Shishpal and Prabhu Dayal were keeping evil eye upon his daughter Vimlesh. PW5 stated that he did not have the capacity to give the said vehicle. Vimlesh stayed at his house for 6­7 months. About 10 days before her death, she returned back to her matrimonial house. On 07.01.2015 at about 7.00 am she made a telephonic call at his house and stated that she was being harassed by the accused persons and asked him to take her back but he could not go to her matrimonial house because of some problem. At about 9 pm he was informed by someone from his village about the death of his daughter. The accused persons did not inform him about the same. He alongwith his brother and other relatives went to the house of the accused persons and asked them about his daughter Vimlesh but they told that they did not know anything about her. Thereafter, they went to PS Kalyanpuri and came to know that his daughter was in the hospital. He stated that next day, he alongwith other relatives reached the hospital and saw his daughter Vimlesh and saw that she was bleeding from her nose and injury marks were present on her shoulders. After post mortem dead body of Vimlesh was handed over to him and they performed her last rites.

22. PW6 Meenu, younger sister of deceased Vimlesh, deposed that deceased Vimlesh was married on 10.12.2010 with Pawan Kumar. Prior to the marriage, her sister Vimlesh used to stay in the same room with her. She deposed that after her marriage whenever Vimlesh used to come to her house, she used to tell everything about her in­laws. Vimlesh told her when she used to come to her parental house after her marriage, that her husband alongwith other co­accused persons used to harass her, beat her and also used to demand Mahindra Magic car from her. She used to weep at that time when telling those facts to her. She also told that accused Pawan did not work and was not earning anything and that her father­in­ law and brother­in­law (Jeth) Prabhu Dayal used to have an evil eye on her. She further stated that after about one year of her marriage, PW6 had gone to the house of accused persons and she saw that they were quarreling with her sister Vimlesh and were taunting her as to for how long they will look­after her and that her husband Pawan Kumar was not working and was not earning anything. PW6 also stated that she stayed with her sister on that night and when Pawan Kumar came to house in the night, he quarreled with Vimlesh and also gave beatings to her. Next morning PW6 came back home and thereafter also whenever Vimlesh used to come to their house, she used to tell that accused persons were not behaving properly with her and she was being harassed by them. PW6 had told her father about the same and thereafter her father alongwith some relatives went to the house of the accused persons to request them not to harass Vimlesh. On 06.01.2015 they came to know that her sister Vimlesh committed suicide at the house of accused persons. When her parents and other relatives reached at the house of accused persons, they were told that their daughter Vimlesh had committed suicide.