Judgment Ashutosh Mohunta, J. 1. Swaran Kaur has been convicted under Section 304-B, Indian Penal Code, and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/-, and in default payment thereof, she has been directed to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for six months. It is against her conviction and sentence that she has filed the present appeal. 2. As the present appeal had been filed through Jail and no counsel had been engaged by the appellant, Mr. Vikas Suri, Advocate, was appointed amicus curiae to represent her. 3. The prosecution story in brief is that Smt. Kuldip Kaur wife of Gurbhej Singh committed suicide by pouring kerosene oil on her body and she put herself on fire by lighting a match stick on August 23, 1995, i.e., after 8-9 months of her marriage with Gurbhej Singh son of the appellant. She was got admitted to the hospital. Her dying declaration was recorded, wherein she levelled specific allegations against the appellant, her mother-in-law Smt. Swaran Kaur, on the ground that she used to taunt her for not bringing sufficient dowry. At 11.25 P.M. on the same day. Smt. Kuldip Kaur died. Post-mortem examination on her dead body was conducted. A case under Section 304-B, Indian Penal Code, was registered against the appellant at Police Station, Patti. 4. In order to prove its case, the prosecution examined Smt. Swaran Kaur, mother of the deceased (P.W.5), and Jagir Singh (P.W.6), father of the deceased, besides the formal official witnesses. 5. The appellant was examined under Section 313, Code of Criminal Procedure. She denied the prosecution allegations against her and pleaded false implication. In defence she examined her son Gurbhej Singh (D.W.1) and Parambir Singh (D.W.2). In defence the plea taken by the accused was that terene clothes worn by Smt. Kuldip Kaur had caught fire, while she was preparing meals. 6. The learned Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar, after hearing the counsel for the parties and examining the evidence on record, convicted and sentenced the appellant as mentioned in the earlier part of the judgment. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and with their assistance have gone through the evidence coming on the record. 7. 6. The learned Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar, after hearing the counsel for the parties and examining the evidence on record, convicted and sentenced the appellant as mentioned in the earlier part of the judgment. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and with their assistance have gone through the evidence coming on the record. 7. It has come on record that Smt. Kuldip Kaur deceased took the step of sprinkling kerosene oil on her body and putting herself on fire in a very short span of her marriage with Gurbhej Singh, son of the accused. She has specifically named the appellant, who had abetted the commission of the offence. Smt. Kuldip Kaur deceased had not even named her husband and any other member of her in-laws family for the abetment. In her dying declaration she had specifically stated that her mother-in-law, i.e., the present appellant, used to harass and taunt her for not bringing dowry at the time of her marriage. On the day of occurrence she was being taunted in the presence of her mother. She could not tolerate the insult hurled upon her at the hands of her mother-in-law. Immediately, she sent inside a room and poured kerosene oil upon her body and set herself on fire by lighting a match stick. The tumbler with which she had poured the kerosene oil upon her body, was recovered from the spot. Its recovery from the spot, coupled with the statement made by Smt. Kuldip Kaur, proves the veracity of the prosecution story, whereas the story put forth by the accused does not seem to be plausible. 8. In the light of the above discussion, I do not find any merit in this appeal. It is, accordingly, dismissed.Appeal allowed.