The appellant has preferred this appeal against the

impugned judgment of conviction dated 13.12.2018 and order of

sentence dated 17.12.2018, passed by the V Addl. Sessions

Judge, Mysuru, in S.C.No.174/2013, wherein the Trial Court

convicted accused No.1 of the offence under section 498A of IPC

and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one

year and shall also pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- and in default of

payment of fine, he shall undergo simple imprisonment for two

months.

Further, the accused No.1 is convicted for the offence

under

section

302

of

IPC

and

sentenced

to

undergo

imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.50,000/-, and in

default

of

payment

of

fine,

he

shall

undergo

simple

imprisonment for one year.

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2.

Brief facts of the case are as follows:-

It is the case of the prosecution that, the complainant has

lodged a complaint stating that the accused No.1 and his

daughter were husband and wife. At the time of marriage, there

was a demand by the accused to pay Rs.50,000/- and gold

chain. The complainant however has paid only Rs.20,000/- and a

gold chain. But, he was unable to pay the balance. The accused

persons were demanding the balance amount from the

decea