THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1270 of 2014

JUDGMENT:

This Criminal Appeal has been filed by the appellants/accused Nos.1 to 3 aggrieved by the judgment passed by the learned Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar, dated 25.11.2014, in S.C.No.671 of 2013, where under, the appellants were found guilty for the offence under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short 'IPC') and convicted and sentenced to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of three years and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/- by each of the appellant and in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of one month each.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties herein are referred to as they were arrayed before the trial Court.

3. The case of the prosecution in nutshell:

3.1. The de facto complainant lodged a complaint on 01.11.2009 stating that the marriage of his brother’s daughter, namely V. Kranti, was solemnized with accused No.1 on 03.05.2009. As V. Kranti was pursuing her B.Com final year at Eluru and accused No.1 was pursuing his B.Tech. final year at Hyderabad, they were living separately. V. Kranti used to visit her matrimonial home during festivals, h