JUDGMENT:

This Criminal Appeal is preferred against judgment in S.C.No.630 of 2020 on the file of the VIII Additional District & Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B.Nagar, wherein the Accused No.1 was sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of seven years for the offence punishable under Section 304-B of IPC and to undergo Simple Imprisonment for a period of two years and also to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/-, in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of two months for the offence punishable under Section 498-A of IPC. Accused Nos.2 and 3 were sentenced to undergo Simple Imprisonment for a period of two years and also to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/-, in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of two months for the offence punishable under Section 498-A of IPC. Accused 2 & 3 were found not guilty for the offence under Section 304-B IPC. The Accused Nos.4 and 5 were found not guilty for the offences under Sections 304-B and 498-A of IPC and were acquitted.

2. Brief facts of the case are that P.W.1, who is the father of the deceased filed a complaint on 08.03.2015 stating that he performed his daughter’s (deceased) marriage with A1. He agreed to