JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Petition filed under Section 374 (2) of Cr.P.C, to set aside the conviction imposed in judgment dated 22.04.2015 passed in S.C.No.105 of 2014 on the file of the Sessions Mahila Court (Mahila Fast Track Court) at Erode.)

1. The convicted accused is the appellant herein.

2. The accused is the husband of the deceased viz., Chitra. The accused originally married to a person and got one female child and he has re-married the deceased/Chitra after the death of his first wife. On the date of the marriage of the accused with Chitra (deceased), the child born through first wife was four years old.

3. The case of the prosecution is that the accused has suffered financial loss of Rs.1,00,000/- having spent medical expenses for his first wife and in order to clear the debt accrued for the medical expenses, he had demanded a sum Rs.72,000/- from the parents of the deceased/chitra and thereby, he has committed dowry demand which amounts to pay cruelty and having not able to pay the said amount, the Chitra has committed the suicide by consuming poison.

4. During the Trial, the parents of the deceased/Chitra were examined as P.W.1 & P.W.2; brother of the deceased was examined as P.W