1. The Appellant is the accused in S.C.No.32 of 2011 before the Additional Sessions Judge, Karaikal. The trial Court found him guilty for offence under Section 306 of I.P.C and acquitted him for charge under Section 417 of I.P.C was sentenced him to undergo 3 years R.I and a fine of Rs.2,000/- in default to undergo S.I for 2 months.

2. The Appellant/Accused was charged for offences under Section 417 and 306 of I.P.C. The substance of the charge against the accused is that during the period 2008-2009 the accused had affair with one Rajalakshmi resident of Valluvar Street, Neravy, Karaikal and the Appellant/accused gave promise to marry Rajalakshmi but later refused, cheated and also abated Rajalakshmi to commit suicide by consuming Vasmol 33 Hair Oil.

3. To prove the charge, the prosecution case has examined 13 witnesses and 11 Exhibits were marked. According to the prosecution R.Govindaraj (PW.1) father of deceased Rajalakshmi, on the day of incident at 11.00 a.m, he received a phone call from the College of his daughter informing him that, she was not studying well and irregular in attending the College. When the Rajalakshmi came home at about 7.00pm, her father enquired a