JUDGMENT :

(S. V. PINTO, J.)

1. This appeal has been filed by the appellant- State underSection 378 (1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgement and order of acquittal passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Rajkot (hereinafter referred to as "the learned Trial Court") in Sessions Case No. 45 of 2011 on 20.01.2012, whereby, the learned Trial Court has acquitted the respondents for the offence punishable under Sections 498(A) , 306 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ( 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 and the accused Nos. 2 and 3 are the father-in-law and mother-in-law of deceased Manjuben respectively. The accused No. 1 had illicit relations with some other woman and all the three accused used to mentally and physically harass the deceased and the harassment and torture was to such an extent that on 26th December 2010, Manjuben sprinkled kerosene on herself and set herself ablaze at the house of the accused in Indiranag