JUDGMENT

Shah, J.-Leave granted.

2. It is virtually a matter of shame to the civilization that indiscriminate attacks and violence are directed against married women in certain quarters including so-called educated for obnoxious and anti-social demand of dowry and the accused are let off for various reasons. Result is violence against women continues unabated as law looses its deterrent effect. In some cases, flee bite sentence till rising of the Court or sentence already undergone is awarded without verifying whether the accused has undergone any sentence.

3. The prosecution case in nutshell is that-on 1.4.1994 at 11 a.m. Bilasa Devi and Neelam, mother in law and sister in law respectively of Kusum Kumari started beating complainant s daughter with a burning wooden stick and she remained lying for some time at in-laws house. Thereafter, the mother-in-law again said burn her face , on which Kusum got scared and ran away from the place and reached the house of her Bua (father s sister) at about 4 p.m. From there, message was sent to her parents house. Thereafter her father-PW 1 reached Kanpur and gave a written complaint at the Police Station through his son. After appreciating