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2024 Supreme(Ker) 381

P. SOMARAJAN
Niyas – Appellant
Versus
State Of Kerala – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : SRI.B.KRISHNA MANI
For the Respondent: SRI.C.N.PRABHAKARAN

ORDER :

It is a case wherein the accused (the husband and the sister-in-law) were charge sheeted by the police for the offence punishable under Section 498 A IPC. The allegation is that at the residence of the defacto complainant PW1the wife, the husband raised a demand for more dowry and assaulted her. It is not mentioned or spoken to by PW1 or any of the witnesses examined from the side of prosecution the nature of the assault on the defacto complainant. It is not specified the nature of assault alleged to have been done by the accused towards the defacto complainant. The learned prosecutor tried to advance a case that it may be an assault by hitting on her body. But no such case was advanced. It is not explained the nature of assault on her by the accused. Admittedly, there is no evidence to show any kind of assault or any injury received by her on such assault. No medical evidence was produced. In fact, she did not have any case that she had gone to any hospital in connection with the alleged incident or received any injury on the alleged assault. Only the near relatives of the wifePW1 and her mother were examined besides the official witnesses. In order to bring up a case punis

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