JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, against the order dated 28.02.2014 made in S.C.No.67 of 2012 on the file of the Fast Track Mahila Court, Tiruppur.)

This Criminal Appeal arises out of the Judgment passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Fast Track Mahila Court, Tiruppur, in S.C.No.67 of 2012, dated 28.02.2014, whereby, the appellants have been found guilty and convicted for the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC., and sentenced to undergo RI for 3 years each and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/- each, in default to under go six months simple imprisonment

2. The gist of the case is that P.W.1 lodged a complaint on 16.09.2021 stating that his elder daughter Shanthi committed suicide, by consuming cow dung powder. Despite best efforts to save her, she passed away in the Government Hospital, Tirupur. The marriage between his daughter Shanthi and first appellant/A1/Bharathi Raja, was an arranged marriage, held on 29.11.2009. During the marriage, 11 sovereigns of the gold jewels, household articles presented as -Sridhana-. Two months after the marriage, the 2nd appellant/A2, her sister Tulsi started demanding dowry. For this