JUDGMENT :

1. Brief facts giving rise to the questions involved in this case, are that a first information report was lodged by the opposite party no. 2 against the applicant no.1, Pramod and two others, which was registered as Case Crime No. 93/2012, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 of the Indian Penal Code (for short “I.P.C.”) as also under Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act (fort short “D.P. Act”), Police Thana, District Ghaziabad. After investigation, charge sheet was submitted against the applicant and two others co-accused namely Lalit and Rinku, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Sections 3/4 D.P. Act, on the basis of which, charges were framed under the aforesaid sections. On the basis of the statements of opposite party no. 2, learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 8, Ghaziabad vide order dated 02.12.2017 convicted the applicants under Sections 498-A and 323 IPC and Section 4 Dowry Prohibition Act.

2. Aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 02.12.2017, the applicants filed Criminal Appeal No. 164/2017 (Pramod and another vs. State of U.P., assailing the judgment and order dated 02.12.2017, the applicants have been released on bail in cri