JUDGMENT :

Abdullah Gulamahmed Uraizee, J.

1. In this appeal under section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the appellant has questioned judgment and order on sentence dated 18.12.2004 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fourth Fast Track Court, Nadiyad in Sessions Case No. 210 of 2004 where under, the appellant is convicted under sections 498A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code.

2. The facts in brief as could be gathered giving rise to this appeal as could be gathered from the memo of appeal are that:

It was the case of the complainant that marriage of Ramilaben was solemnized on 08.05.2003 with one Shaileshbhai Rameshbhai Parmar, son of the present appellant. That the initial married life of the daughter of the complainant was happy. That after some time, as alleged in the complaint, the mother-in-law and sister-in-law of the deceased used to pick up quarrel with the deceased regarding household work and used to scold the deceased. Therefore, the deceased left the matrimonial home three months prior to the date of the incident as the mother-in-law of the deceased had allegedly beaten the deceased with stick. Thereafter, the husband and the father-in-law of the