JUDGMENT

P.S. Narayana, J. - Heard Sri E. Ella Reddy, the Counsel representing appellant-A1 and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor.

2. The appellant-A1 preferred this criminal appeal as against the judgment dated 14.10.1998, in Sessions Case No. 576 of 1995 on the file of the I Additional Sessions Judge, Guntur. A-1 is the son, A-2 and A-3 are the parents of A-1 and A-2 and A-3 were charged with Section 304-B and Section 498-A IPC, and the learned I Additional Sessions Judge, on appreciation of the evidence of P.Ws.1 to 14, Exs. P.1 to P.12, and Exs. D-1 and D-2, came to the conclusion that A2 and A3 are not guilty of any of the charges charged with and A-1 was found not guilty for an offence under Section 304-B IPC, but however, A-1 was found guilty for an offence under Section 498A, IPC, and the learned I Additional Sessions Judge convicted A-1 and sentenced him to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- in default, to undergo Simple Imprisonment for a period of one month. Aggrieved by the same, the present appeal is preferred.

3. Sri E. Ella Reddy, the learned Counsel representing the appellant-accused in all fairness w