SUNIL THOMAS
Teena Alex – Appellant
Versus
State of Kerala – Respondent
Sunil Thomas, J.
1. The revision petitioner was married to the second respondent herein. The third respondent is the mother of the second respondent and the 4th respondent is the brother of the second respondent. After the marriage, matrimonial relationship got strained, leading to several matrimonial proceedings. The revision petitioner filed CMP No. 5072/2017 arraying respondents 2 to 4 as accused and alleging that, at the time of fixing her marriage, the first accused and the father of the first accused, who has since deceased, had demanded dowry of 50 sovereigns of gold and Rs. 2,00,000/-. The parents of the revision petitioner agreed to pay Rs. 2,00,000/- and 40 sovereigns of gold. On the date of the engagement, the father of the revision petitioner entrusted Rs. 2,00,000/- to the father of the first accused and at the time of marriage, 40 sovereigns of gold ornaments were worn by the revision petitioner. After the marriage, the first accused, in collusion with accused Nos. 2 and 3, allegedly misappropriated the gold ornaments. Ultimately she had to initiate judicial proceedings for recovery of the gold ornaments and money. Alleging that the accused had committed offence
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