JUDGMENT :

(PRAYER: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374 of the Criminal Procedure Code, praying to set aside the conviction and sentence imposed on the appellant by judgment dated 20.01.2015 in S.C.No.105 of 2012 on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Fast Track Mahila Court, Thirupur and acquit the appellant by allowing the appeal.)

1. The convicted A.1 is the appellant herein and he has preferred this criminal appeal as against the judgment dated 20.01.2015 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Fast Track Mahila Court, Thirupur, in S.C.No.105 of 2012, wherein, he was convicted for the offence under Section 498(A) IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-, in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for three months and also convicted for the offence under Section 306 IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for five years and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/-, in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for six months. The above sentences of imprisonment were ordered to run concurrently.

2 [i]. The case of the prosecution, against the appellant/A.1 and his parents (A.2 and A.3), as could be seen from the records, is