JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(2) of CRPC, to set aside the judgment dated 11.01.2019 passed in S.C.113 of 2015 by the learned Sessions Judge Mahila Court, Chengalpet.)

On 26.04.2011, when P.W.18, Mr.Arokiaraj was on duty at Chunambedu Police Station, the statement recorded from the deceased victim Manjula in the hospital was brought, which was to the effect that the said Manjula had married the accused before ten years and they had two children. But, however the accused developed illicit intimacy with one Maragatham and on the day of occurrence, that is on 25.04.2011 at about 05.30 pm, she questioned her husband about his illicit intimacy and there was a fierce quarrel and she was sent out of the home. In order to placate her husband, she went out to the neighbor's house and after some time, when she again came back, the accused questioned her that why had she returned and asked her to get out. Enraged by that, she poured a little amount of kerosene on herself and tried to threaten her husband that she will commit suicide. Upon which, the husband told her that with little amount of kerosene she will not die and snatched the kerosene can and poured the rest