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 15.10.2007 in Sessions Case No.19 of 2006 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court No.4, Ahmedabad (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 No.1 was the husband, the accused No.2 is the brother-in-law, accused No.3 mother-in-law and accused No.4 is sister-in-law of deceased Hasinaben who was married to the accused No.1 on 14.09.1996. That all the accused used to physically and mentally harass the deceased and on 01.03.2004, as Hasinaben could not bear the torture between 12: