THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL CRIMINAL APPEAL No.890 of 2018 JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice K.Surender)

This Criminal Appeal is filed by the appellant/de facto complainant, aggrieved by the acquittal of accused Nos.1 and 2, vide Judgment dated 05.01.2018 in S.C.No.773 of 2016, on the file of the XV Additional Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy District, Kukatpally, Miyapur, for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 201, and 120-B of IPC.

2. Heard learned counsel for the appellant/de facto complainant and Sri Arun Kumar Dodla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1 – State. Perused the record.

3. The case of the prosecution is that accused No.1 was married to Shaik Musthaq Hussain (hereinafter referred to as ‘the deceased’). Prior to her marriage with the deceased, accused No.1 married one Srinivas Reddy on 26.06.1999, and thereafter due to several differences, they were living separately. While accused No.1 was working as a nurse in the hospital, she got acquainted with the deceased and both of them eloped and got married as per the Hindu Rites and Customs at Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam, Tirupati. After thei