Anand Byrareddy, J.

1. Heard the learned Counsel for the appellant and the learned Additional State Public Prosecutor. The present appellant is accused 1. The allegations the present appellant and his mother, who was arraigned as accused 2, was that the appellant had married Kaveri about four years prior to the date of the complaint. Their matrimonial home was at Muniyal Village. Accused 1, had secured employment at Mudalgi and therefore, he had taken a house on rent at Laxmi Nagar, Mudalgi, and he were living there with his wife. Accused 2, the mother of the appellant had also joined them in their matrimonial home. It was the allegations that both accused 1 and 2, used to harass Kaveri and ill-treat her and subjected her to cruelty to fetch more dowry and were also suspecting her chastity. It is in this background, that unable to bear the constant cruelty meted out to her, she had committed suicide on 24-12-2007, by setting herself on fire. On the basis of the complaint lodged by the father of Kaveri, proceedings were initiated against the present appellant and his mother, and a case was registered in Crime No. 1 of 2008. After investigation, the accused were charge-sheeted