( 1 ) THE petitioner herein has filed this Revision challenging the judgment passed in C.

A. No. 180 of 1998 on the file of the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Madras acquitting the second respondent accused by setting aside the judgment of conviction for the offence under sections 306 and 498-A of Indian Penal Code in S. C. No. 12 of 1987 on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge, Poonamali.

( 2 ) THE facts of the case are as follows: The second respondent Murugiyan married the deceased Bhakiarani alias Usharani on 25-5-1983. After the marriage the deceased Bhakiarani alias Usharani on 25-5-1983. After the marriage, they lived together for about fifteen days at Thanjavur. Thereafter, the second respondent took gold chain weighing 12 sovereigns, bangles weighing 5 sovereigns for the purpose of buying some land in his village. Three months later the deceased was left at the house of the accused at Madras. In course of time the second respondent insisted that the house site standing in the name of (he deceased should be sold and the money should be given to him. In the mean time, the deceased Bhakiarani became pregnant and for delivery she was sent to her parents house