JUDGMENT

1. This criminal appeal has been preferred by the appellantState against the judgment dated 15.07.2014 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (Women Atrocities Cases), Udaipur (’trial court’) in Sessions Case No.25/2013, whereby the accused-respondents were acquitted by the learned trial court of the offences under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC.

2. Learned Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the appellant-State submits that a written report dated 03.02.2011 at about 06:45 p.m. was lodged by one Smt. Leela Devi (complainant) widow of Rajendra Kumar Nagarachi before the Police Station, Dabok, alleging therein that about four years prior to lodging of the said report, they got her daughter, namely, Meena Kumari (deceased-victim) married to one Devi Lal s/o Mangilal Nagarachi.

2.1 Learned Public Prosecutor further submits that on the date of lodging of the report, the parents of the deceased-victim got an information that her in-laws (Mangilal Nagarachi - father-in-law; Smt. Kailash Devi (accused-respondent No.2) - mother-in-law; Kala Devi - sister-in-law (Nanad) and; Durgesh (accusedrespondent No.1) - brother-in-law (Devar), after pouring kerosene on her, set the dece