1. This Revision Application is heard finally by consent and is being disposed of at the stage of admission.

2. The long and short of the prosecution case is that the petitioner, who is husband of complainant PW Sindhu, threatened her of dire consequences due to her refusal to give divorce to him. The complainant is gainfully employed as a staff nurse in Government Medical College and Hospital, Aurangabad. Petitioner is an advocate. They married somewhere in 1987-1988. The marriage was unhappy affair for both of them. The spouses fell apart somewhere in 2000. The marriage was on rocks. The wife is admittedly residing separately since about 2000. The petitioner desired divorce from her, but she refused to accede to his demand. The petitioner was infuriated due to refusal of the wife to give divorce.

3. The petitioner sent a letter dated 8th December, 1999 to the Chief Matron under whom the wife (PW Sindhu) was working. In the said letter, he imputed unchastity to PW Sindhu, alleging her extramarital sexual relations with others and called her a prostitute. The letter was written in a very crude and vulgar language. The Chief Matron thereafter called PW Sindhu in the