This Criminal Appeal is filed against the judgment dated 24.2.2005 passed in SC.No.281/2002 by the Magalir Neethimandram, Chennai convicting and sentencing the appellant/A1 for the offence under Section 305 of IPC to undergo ten years of Rigorous Imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/-, in default to undergo Simple Imprisonment for six months and for the offence under Section 306 (two counts) to undergo seven years Rigorous Imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.2000/-, in default to undergo Simple Imprisonment for two months.

2. The case of the Prosecution is as follows:-

a. The deceased Ramadevi is the wife of the Appellant/A1. A2 and A3 are the parents of the Appellant. PW.2 Narasima Naidu is the father of the deceased Ramadevi and PW.1 Gayathri Devi is her sister. PW.3 Saradha is the friend of Ramadevi. The deceased Raghul and Lakshmi are the son and daughter of the deceased Ramadevi. The marriage between Ramadevi and the Appellant took place on 19.8.1978. At the time of marriage, PW.2 gave 50 sovereigns of jewels apart from 10 acres of land and two houses to the deceased Ramadevi. All of them were residing in a joint family at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. During 198