JUDGMENT

Mr. Raj Shekhar Attri, J.:- The above named petitioner has challenged the judgment of conviction and sentencing order dated 3.6.2013 passed by Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Chandigarh vide which he was convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay fine of Rs. 3000/- or in default to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for one month under Section 498-A of Indian Penal Code (in short, “the Code”) as well as the judgment of the appellate court dated 4.12.2014 vide which the appeal filed by him was dismissed. However, the appellate court has accepted the appeal filed by co-accused Harbans Kaur and Dilbagh Singh (who are parents of the petitioner) and both of them have been acquitted.

2. Filtering out unnecessary details, the factual position is as follow : -

An FIR was lodged by complainant-Smt. Rupinder Kaur against the petitioner husband, her father-in-law Dilbagh Singh and mother-in-law Smt. Harbans Kaur on the allegations that they were demanding more dowry; treating her with cruelty and they have misappropriated her istri dhan articles. It is her case that she was married with the petitioner on 20.11.2004 in Hotel Regency, Sector 35,