JUDGMENT :

S.V. PINTO, J.

1. The appeal is filed by the appellant State under Section 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgement and order of acquittal passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Surendranagar, Limdi Camp (hereinafter referred to as “the learned Trial Court”) in Sessions Case No. 75/2007 on 04.12.2008, whereby, the learned Trial Court has acquitted the respondent for the offence punishable under Sections 306 , 498A and 114 of IPC .

1.1 The respondents are hereinafter referred to as “the accused” as they stood in the original case for the sake of convenience, clarity and brevity.

2. The brief facts that emerge from the record of the case are as under:

2.1 The accused no. 1 is the husband, accused nos. 2, 3 and 6 are the brothers-in-law, accused no. 5 is the mother- in-law and accused nos. 4 and 7 are the sisters-in-law of deceased Kamlaben who was married to the accused no. 1 on 17.01.2006. On 17.05.2007, deceased Kamlaben Babubhai went into the toilet situated outside of the house and arranged pieces of dung cakes and wooden pieces on the floor of the toilet and sprinkled kerosene on herself and on the dung cakes and wooden pieces and s