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 20.11.2007 in Sessions Case No.67 of 2007 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Judge, Mehsana (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. Yasminaben, the daughter of the complainant Dilawarkhan Ramjumiya Sama (Musalman) was married with Idrishbhai Nathubhai Qureshi and the accused Nos.1 and 2 are the father-in-law and the mother-in-law and the accused No.3 is the younger brother-in-law of Yasminaben. The accused used to physically and mentally harass Yasminaben and on 16.02.2007 around 8