JUDGMENT :

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 18.03.2008 in Sessions Case No.85 of 2007 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court No.1, Surendranagar (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.

2.1. The accused No.1 was married to the deceased Rupaliben on 26.04.2007 and the accused Nos. 2 and 3 are the brother-in-law and sister-in-law and the accused Nos. 4 and 5 are the father-in-law and mother-in-law of deceased Rupaliben respectively. The complainant Narayan Devram Chaudhari, the father of deceased Rupaliben, filed a complaint on 30.0