JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(2) of Criminal Code Procedure, to set aside the judgment of conviction passed in Sessions Case No.179 of 2017 dated 28.2.2019 on the file of the I Additional Sessions and District Judge, Tiruvallur.

1. Challenging the judgment of conviction and sentence imposed by the I Additional Sessions and District Judge, Tiruvallur in Sessions Case No.179 of 2017 dated 28.2.2019, the present Criminal Appeal has been filed by the accused.

2. The appellant/accused stands convicted under Section 306 IPC read with Section 9 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Charging Exorbitant Interest Act and sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for 7 years and to pay a fine of Rs.15,000/- in default to undergo Simple Imprisonment for a further period of one year and also to pay a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- as compensation to the de facto complainant.

3. The allegation against the appellant/accused is that he has assaulted and intimidated the husband of the de facto complainant/PW1 and abused him for having committed default in repayment of the amount borrowed by him from the appellant and thereby abetted him to commit suicide.

4. The facts of the case as proje