THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.2206 OF 2010

ORDER:

1 Heard Sri M.Achuta Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri E.Ganesh, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State.

2 This criminal revision case, under Sections 397 and 401 of Cr.P.C., was directed against the judgment dated 24.11.2010 passed in Criminal Appeal No.52 of 2009 by the learned I Additional Sessions Judge, Mahabubnagar, wherein the conviction and sentence imposed on the petitioners/ accused Nos.1, 2 and 4 in S.C.No.136 of 2007 by the learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Narayanpet, to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years each and also to pay fine of Rs.5,000/ - each in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for one year for the offence punishable under Section 304-B IPC and also to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months for the offence punishable under Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, was confirmed.

3 The case of the prosecution in nutshell was that P.W.1 lodged Ex.P.1 report with the police setting the law into motion. According to him and Ex.P.1, his sister Anjamma was given in marriage to the first petitioner and a sum of Rs.1.00 lakh was g