JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(3) of Cr.P.C. to setaside judgment passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court at Chennai in S.C.No.87 of 2016 dated 06.03.2021 imposing conviction and sentence under Section 498-A and 306 IPC on the appellant and direct the fine amount of Rs.25,000/- paid by the appellant tobe refunded to the appellant , by allowing the criminal appeal.)

Challenging the conviction and sentence passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Chennai in S.C.No.87 of 2016, dated 06.03.2021, the present Criminal Appeal has been filed.

2. Totally, there are two accused and the appellant herein is arrayed as A1. The fact of the case is that the appellant/A1 is the husband of the deceased Suriya and A2 is the brother of A1. The deceased and the appellant/A1 loved each other and married without knowledge of their parents on 24.02.2014 and they had 8 months female child. A1 demanded motorcycle from the deceased to get it from her parents as a motorcycle was given to his brother from his mother in law''s house and harassed the deceased by beating her and also scolded her. Due to which, on 28.07.2014 at about 6.30 a.m., the deceased Suriya pou