THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1008 of 2017

ORDER:

This Criminal Appeal has been filed by the State aggrieved by the Judgment passed by the III Additional Sessions Judge, Warangal (‘Sessions Judge’ for brevity) in S.C.No.38 of 2014 dated 06.04.2015 whereunder the respondents-accused were acquitted for the offences punishable under Section 498-A, 304-B of the Indian Penal Code (‘IPC’ for brevity) and Sections 3, 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act (‘DP’ Act for brevity).

2. Heard Mr. M. Vivekananda Reddy, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for appellant/State. No representation on behalf of respondents-Accused either physically or virtually.

3. Brief facts of the case:

3.1. The case of the prosecution is that the de-facto complainant is the mother of the deceased/victim. Accused Nos.1 and 2 are husband and mother-in-law of the victim. The de-facto complainant performed the marriage of victim and accused No.1 and they were blessed with two sons. Thereafter, accused Nos.1 and 2 started harassing the deceased/victim for additional dowry. While things stood us, on 21.04.2013 at about 9.00 A.M. the de-facto complainant was informed that the deceased/victim