JUDGEMENT
SABINA,J. -
(1.) RESPONDENT No.1 had faced trial for commission of offence punishable under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code,
1860 ( IPC for short) in FIR No.84 dated 23.5.2009 registered at police station Tanda.
The trial Court, vide impugned judgment dated
14.10.2010, acquitted respondent No.1 of the charge framed against her. Hence, the application under Section 378 (4) of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C. for short) has been filed by the
complainant with a prayer for grant of leave to file an appeal against
the judgment dated 14.10.2010.
(2.) AFTER hearing learned counsel for the applicant, I am of the opinion that the present application deserves to be dismissed.
Prosecution story, in brief, is that deceased Kulwinder
Kaur got married to Amardeep Singh in the year 1999. Kulwinder
Kaur gave birth to two sons out of the said wedlock. Amardeep
Singh went to Italy after his marriage. Rs. 50,000.00 had been given to
the parents of Amardeep Singh by the complainant for sending
Amardeep Singh abroad. However, parents of Amardeep Singh were
not happy with the amount given to them. Kulwinder Kaur was being
harassed by the accused. Kulwinder Kaur was being forced to bring
another sum of Rs. 2,00,000.00 from her father in case, she wanted to
join her husband in Italy.
The trial Court, while acquitting respondent No.1 of the charge framed against her, held that Kulwinder Kaur was married to
Amardeep Singh in the year 1999. She was blessed with two sons
out of the said wedlock. Amardeep Singh had come from Dubai at
the time of his marriage and after two years of his marriage he had
gone to Italy. The occurrence had taken place in the year 2009. It
had come on record that Kulwinder Kaur had got prepared her
passport. Now the passports of her two minor children were to be
got prepared. Complainant Jaswant Singh, while appearing in the
witness box as PW-3, admitted in his cross-examination that his
nephews were studying in Saint Soldier Divine Public School, Guru
Nanak Nagar, Jaja Road, Tanda. He also admitted that Amardeep
Singh had made every effort to make sure that his wife and two sons
join him in Italy. Kulwinder Kaur was also keen in joining her
husband in Italy. Due to delay in preparation of the passports of his
nephews, Kulwinder Kaur used to remain under depression.
(3.) THE prosecution based reliance on oral dying declaration suffered by the deceased before PW-3 Jawant Singh and his father
that she was fed up from the conduct of her in-laws and due to this
reason, she had taken some poisonous substance. The said oral
dying declaration was disbelieved by the trial Court on the ground
that as per PW-1 Dr.Ranjit Singh, Kulwinder Kaur had been admitted
in the hospital in an unconscious state and had failed to regain the
consciousness till her death. Further it was noticed by the trial Court
that Kulwinder Kaur was admitted in the hospital at 4.30 P.M. on
22.5.2009. At 4.35 P.M., she developed cardio respiratory arrest and could not be saved. Kulwinder Kaur was declared dead at 4.50 P.M.
by Dr.Ranjit Singh. In these circumstances, there was no possibility
of the deceased suffering an oral dying declaration before the
complainant and his father before her death in the hospital..;
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