HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE RENUKA YARA CRIMINAL APPEAL No.713 of 2012

JUDGMENT

This Criminal Appeal is preferred by the appellant/accused aggrieved by the conviction and sentence imposed by the learned IV Addl. District and Sessions Judge (FTC) at Mahabubnagar (for short ‘the learned Sessions Judge’) in S.C.No.476 of 2010, dated 11.01.2012, for the offence punishable under Section 304-B of IPC, wherein, he was found guilty, sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of seven (7) years.

2. Heard Sri L. Harish, learned counsel for the appellant/accused and Dr. Surepalli Prashanth, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent/State. Perused the record.

3. The facts of the case as per prosecution are that the appellant/accused was married to B. Radamma about a year ago of the date of incident and at the time of marriage, the complainant (father of the deceased) presented ½ tula gold ear rings, ½ tula gold ring, ½ tula of silver leg chains and cash of Rs.10,000/-. After some time, the appellant tortured his wife Radamma to get additional dowry of Rs.30,000/-, alternatively, to perform another marriage with her own sister. Vexed with the torture, Radamma committed