JUDGMENT :

S.V. PINTO, J.

1. This appeal has been filed by the appellant – State under Section 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Code’) against the judgment and the order dated 21.09.2007 in Sessions Case No.23 of 2005 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Dhangadhra (hereinafter referred to as ‘the learned Trial Court’), whereby, the learned Trial Court has acquitted the respondents – accused from the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 306 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as ‘the IPC’). The respondents are hereinafter referred to as ‘the accused’ as they stood in the rank and file in the original case, for the sake of convenience, clarity and brevity.

2. The relevant facts leading to filing of the present appeal are as under:

2.1. The accused Nos. 1 and 2 are the brother-in-law and sister-in-law of the deceased Sarojben Mansukhbhai, who was married to the younger brother of the accused No.1 about 7 years prior to the incident that had occurred on 07.06.2004. The accused and Mansukhbhai Premjibhai, the husband of the deceased, had purchased land and constructed a house in Nilkanth Park at villa