S. G. MEHARE
Babasaheb Janku Hinge – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT/ORDER
1. Heard the respective learned counsels for the parties.
2. The applicant takes exception to the judgments and orders of the conviction of the learned 4th Adhoc Assistant Sessions Judge, Ahmednagar, passed in Sessions Case No.106 of 2002, dtd. 21/9/2002 and in Criminal Appeal No.42 of 2002 of the Additional Sessions Judge, Ahmednagar, dtd. 8/10/2004.
3. The facts of the case in brief were that the applicant married the deceased on 11/12/2001. She went to cohabit with him. It has been alleged that two months after the marriage, the deceased and the accused went to the house of his in-laws. They stayed there for one day. During the stay, the accused demanded Rs.70, 000.00 from the complainant to purchase the motorcycle and plaster the house. The complainant expressed her inability to fulfill his demand due to her poor financial condition. The accused demanded the money in front of her son Sagar and daughter Bharati. On 25/4/2002, the complainant had been to the marriage at Dahigaon with her daughter Bharti. There, the deceased Swati also came. She complained that the accused were beating, abusing and illtreating her for non-fulfilling their demand of Rs.70, 000.00. Her d
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