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 13.04.2007 in Sessions Case No.12 of 2007 passed by the learned 2^nd Additional Sessions Judge, District Sabarkantha at Himmatnagar (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’) and under Section 3 and 7 of the Dowry Prohibition Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Dowry Act’). 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 No.1 was married to Anjuman, the daughter of the complainant Nasibaben W/o Abdul Rahim Haji Ahmedabhai, and the accused No.2 is the sister-in-law of the deceased Anjuman. On 24.04.2006 at about 15:15 hours, as both the accused u