JUDGMENT

K K Sonawane, J. - The instant appeal calls-in-question the validity and propriety of impugned Judgment and Order of conviction and resultant sentence rendered by learned Sessions Judge, Aruangabad, in Sessions Case No. 473 of 2002, dated 31-03-2004. The appellant-accused was convicted for the offence punishable under Section 498-A of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sentenced to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for six months and to pay a fine of Rs.100/- in default to suffer RI for 15 days. The appellant-accused was also convicted for the offence punishable under Section 306 of IPC and sentenced to suffer RI for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.100/- in default to suffer RI for fifteen days. All the above sentences were ordered to run concurrently to serve out the punishment.

2. The prosecution case sans unnecessary details in brief is that the ill-fated deceased Muktabai was the sister of PW-1 Santosh s/o. Ramdas Waghlavhale r/o. Waregaon, Taluka Fulmabri, District Aurangabad. The marriage of the deceased Muktabai was solemnized on 22-04-2002 with one Sunil s/o. Fakirchand Sonawane. The gold ornaments and dowry of Rs.35,000/- was given in marriage to husband and inmates of m