JUDGMENT :

1. The present Criminal Appeal is filed by the accused No.1 against the judgment and order of conviction dated 09.02.2015 made in S.C.No.242/2011 on the file of the III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru Rural District, sitting at Anekal, sentencing the appellant/accused No.1 to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000/, in default, to undergo imprisonment for three years for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code; to undergo imprisonment for five years and to pay a fine of Rs.30,000/in default to undergo imprisonment for one year for the offence punishable under Section 201 of Indian Penal Code; to undergo imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/in default to undergo simple imprisonment for three months for the offence punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code; to undergo imprisonment for five years and to pay a fine of Rs.30,000/in default to undergo imprisonment for one year for the offence punishable under Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and to undergo imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/in default to undergo simple imprisonment for three mont