JUDGMENT :

These appeals are directed against the judgment of acquittal in respect of offences under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and so also judgment of conviction of the accused in respect of offences under Sections 498A and 306 read with Section 34 IPC rendered by the Trial Court in S.C.No.15007/2015 dated 15.03.2016.

2. Crl.A.No.1429/2016 has been preferred by the State seeking modification of the judgment and order rendered by the Trial Court in S.C.No.15007/2015 insofar as the charges leveled against the accused for offences punishable under Section 304-B of the IPC, 1860 besides Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and to convict the accused for the aforesaid offences by allowing the appeal.

Crl.A.No.613/2016 has been preferred by Appellants 1 and 2 who are arraigned as accused in S.C.No.15007/2015 dated 15.03.2016 seeking to set aside the judgment of conviction and order of sentence rendered by the Trial Court and to acquit the appellants/accused for the offences punishable under Sections 498A and 306 of the IPC, 1860.

The appeal in Crl.A.No.1430/2016 has been preferred by the State aggrieved by the inadequate sentence awarded to Accused No