This appeal, by special leave, has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 23 February 2005 of the High Court (Aurangabad Bench), by which the appeal preferred by the appellants was dismissed and their conviction and sentence of 7 years RI imposed thereunder was affirmed.  The deceased P1 was daughter of PW1. P2 resident of village Sanjkheda and she was married to appellant no. 1 P3 son of P4 about two and half years prior to the date of incident which took place on 15 September 1991. The appellant no. 2, P5 is the mother of the appellant no. 1 and both the appellants were residing in the same house in village V1. According to the case of prosecution, a sum of Rs. 5000 and some gold ornaments had been given at the time of marriage of P1. For about six months P1 was treated well but thereafter the accused started asking her to bring Rs. 1,000-1,200 from her parents to meet the household expenses and also for purchasing manure. Whenever P1 went to her parental home, she used to tell her parents that her husband and mother-in-law (accused appellants) were harassing her and used to occasionally beat her. Her father PW.1 P2 along with some of his relatives went to the house of the accused and tried to persuade them not to ill-treat P1. Thereafter, the accused treated P1 properly but after about four months they again started harassing her. A few days before Nag Panchami festival P1 came to her parental home and complained that the accused were not giving her proper food, clothing and even footwear. She also told her parents that her husband had asked her to bring an amount of Rs.1,000-1,200 for the purpose of household expenses and manure. The case of the prosecution futher is that in the evening of 15 September 1991 a person came from village V1 on a motorcycle and informed PW.1 P2 that P1 was unwell. PW.1 then immediately went to the house of the accused along with some of his relatives. There he saw that P1 was lying dead and froth was coming out of her mouth which indicated that she had consumed some poisonous substance. The Police Patil of the village PW.3 P6 lodged an accidental death report at 9.00 p.m. on 15 September 1991 at the police station. On the basis of the said accidental death report, PW.6 P7, Police Sub-Inspector, visited the house of the accused, held inquest on the dead body of P1, and thereafter sent the same for post-mortem examination. PW.1 P2 lodged the FIR of the incident at 7.00 p.m. on 16 September 1991 at Police Station, on the basis of which a case was registered against the appellants. After completion of investigation, charge sheet was submitted against the appellants and in due course, the case was committed to the Court of Sessions. The learned Sessions Judge framed charges against both the appellants. The appellants pleaded not guilty and claimed to be tried. The prosecution in order to establish its case examined six wintesses and filed some documentary evidence. The learned Sessions Judge after consideration of the material on record acquitted the appellants of the charges but convicted them under and imposed a sentence of 7 years RI thereunder. The appeal preferred by the appellants was dismissed by the High Court by the judgment and order dated 23 February 2005.