The essential facts of the prosecution case are as follows:

1.1. P.W.1 is mother of the deceased by name Samshath Begum. P.W.2 and 3 are sister and brother of the deceased respectively. The first accused is the husband of the deceased Samshath Begum. 2nd and 3rd accused are brother and mother of the 1st accused respectively. The marriage between the first accused and the deceased took place on 8.5.1997. The law was set in motion by the complaint lodged by P.W.1 in Exhibit P-3 in which she has stated that at the time of marriage they gave their daughter 10 sovereigns of gold jewels, Rs. 30,000/- cash and other household articles such as cot, almirah and also a plot situate in Kavery Nagar, near Trichy Airport, that after the marriage, they came to know that first accused was not affectionate towards his wife, that the accused demanded jewels and vehicle, that the matter was intimated to the superior officials of first accused, who advised to take a separate house, that at one point of time, the first accused drove his wife from his house and that P.W.1 and when her daughter came to take medicine, he prevented them and locked the house and on 15.8.1998, they lodged a complai