JUDGMENT :

G. Sri Devi, J.

1. Accused No. 1, in Sessions Case No. 178 of 2016 on the file of the Judge, Family Court-cum-VI-Additional District and Sessions Judge, Nalgonda, is the appellant herein. He along with two others, were charged for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 302, 304-B of I.P.C. and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. By its judgment, dated 30.12.2019, the learned trial Judge while acquitting A-2 and A-3 for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 304-B of I.P.C. and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and A-1 for the offence punishable under Section 302 of I.P.C., convicted A-1 for the offences punishable under Sections 304-B, 498-A of I.P.C. and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and sentenced him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for seven years for the offence punishable under Section 304-B of I.P.C. and to suffer rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of Rs. 2,000/-, in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for two months, for the offence punishable under Section 498-A of I.P.C. and also to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs. 2,000/- in default, to suffer si