1. The appellant seeks to assail the judgment and order dated 15-7-2002 rendered by the learned 4th Ad hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur in Sessions Trial 75/1999, by and under which the appellant-accused is convicted for offence punishable under Section of the Indian Penal Code (“IPC” for short) and is sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for five years and to payment of fine of Rs.1,000/- and is further convicted for offence punishable under Section 498A of the IPC and is sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for two years and to payment of fine of Rs.500/-.

2. Heard Shri R.B. Gaikwad, learned Counsel for the appellant-accused and Miss Trupti Udeshi, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent-State.

3. The accused faced trial along with his parents Shri Motipuri and Smt. Anjanabai for offences punishable under Sections 498A and 306 read with Section 34 of the IPC. The parents of the accused are acquitted of the said offences.

4. The genesis of the prosecution is in oral report dated 15-9-1997 (Exhibit 15) lodged by Ramsagar Santoshpuri Goswami (P.W.2) who is the brother of deceased Rekha. The gist of the report is thus :

The marriage of Rekha and t