JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374 of the Criminal Procedure Code to set aside the judgment dated 09.01.2014 in SC No.255 of 2010 on the file of the Mahalir Neethi Mandram (Fast Track Mahila Court, Tiruvallur).)

1. The Sessions Judge, Mahalir Neethi Mandram, Tiruvallur, by judgment dated 09.01.2014, in S.C.No.255 of 2010 has convicted the appellants/A1 and A2 under section 498-A IPC and sentenced them to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for 2 years each and also to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/- each, in default, to undergo Simple Imprisonment for 3 months each and under Section 304-B IPC and sentenced them to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for 7 years each and directed that the sentences imposed on them to run concurrently and acquitted the appellants/A1 and A2 of the offence under Section 306 IPC and further acquitted A3 Elumalai of the offences under Sections 498-A, 306 and 304-B IPC and challenging the conviction and sentences imposed on them, the appellants/A1 and A2 have come forward with the present appeal.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, according to the prosecution case, the marriage between A1 and the deceased Kotteeswari was held on 06.10.2008 and after the