Judgment

1. The appellant/State preferred this appeal under section 378 (i) of the Code of Criminal Procedure being aggrieved by the judgment dated 29.5.2002 passed by Judicial Magistrate First Class Udaypura District Raisen in R.T. No. 240/2000 whereby the respondents have been acquitted of the charge of the offence punishable under section 498-A of Indian Penal Code.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the marriage of complainant Sunita Bai was solemnized with respondent No. 1 Rajesh Kumar, S/o Awadh Narayan Radhu in the year 1996 in village Niwadi Ghana, P.S. Udaypura, Raisen as per Hindu rites and religion. In the marriage, the parents of complainant had given sufficient dowry to her in-laws. In spite of that, the husband and in-laws of complainant were not satisfied with that much of dowry and started taunting complainant even during marriage ceremony. Thereafter, respondents made a demand of 1 lakh rupees from complainant’s parents for opening a shop, which was satisfied by them after selling their 5 acres of field. Even then they were not satisfied and tortured the complainant to bring a jeep from her paternal home. She told about their demand to her parents.