JUDGMENT :

1. Appeal is directed against the judgment dated 28.01.2016 passed by learned VI Additional District and Sessions Judge, Belagavi in S.C.No.151/2013, wherein the accused persons were acquitted of the offence punishable under Section 498A, 302, 504 read with Section 34 I.P.C. and Section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Being aggrieved by the said judgment, the State has preferred the present appeal.

2. Appellant-State is represented by Sri V.M.Banakar, learned Additional S.P.P. and the respondents-accused are represented by learned counsel Sri Bahubali N.Kanabaragi.

3. In order to avoid confusion and overlapping, parties are referred in accordance with the ranks held by them before the trial Court.

4. The complainant is in appeal. The substance of the case as could be seen from the certified copy of the judgment is as under:

About eight years earlier to the date of lodging complaint (03.01.2013), the marriage of Geetha, daughter of complainant-Tippavva was performed with accused No.1. During the first year of marriage, things went on well, the couple begot three children Kiran, Keerthi and Sandhya through the wedlock. After completion of one year, the accused No.1-husban