The deceased and Accused No.1 were married on 01.11.2007 at S.L.R. Kalyana Mantappa, Nagamangala. Accused No.2 is the sister and Accused No.5 is the brother of Accused No.1. Accused Nos.3 and 4 are the parents of Accused No.1. At the time of marriage, the accused demanded and received dowry in a sum of Rs.50,000/-, a gold chain, a gold finger ring and gold ornaments weighing about 120 grams. Thereafter, for a few years the husband and wife lived happily. Subsequently, the accused persons started ill-treating the deceased. They started demanding more dowry. As a consequence, a complaint was lodged by the deceased before the Police and at the intervention of the Police, the dispute was settled and accused no.1 and the deceased formed a separate residence at Bandihalli and they were residing together.

2. PW-1 is the complainant. She is the neighbour and the landlord of the house the deceased and the accused. She has stated that on 23.04.2009 i.e., on the date of the incident, the deceased came to her house at about 7.00–7.30 a.m. and had tea and went back to her house. Thereafter, the complainant went to the Polling Booth to cast her vote for the Lok Sabha Election. When the