NANDYALAVENKATARAMANA Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal, by way of special leave, arises out of the following facts:

(2.) This appeal has been filed by A-1 (the husband of the deceased).

(3.) We have heard learned Counsel for the parties and gone through the record. In addition to the evidence of P Ws.1 to 12 with regard to the repeated demands for dowry and harassment to the deceased, we have three letters Exhibits P-2 to P-4 written by the deceased shortly before her death which speak of the harassment that she was undergoing. PW-8, the hand-writing expert to whom the letters had been referred for the purpose of comparison, opined that the English sentences in the letters were in the handwriting of the deceased but he could give no report with respect to the Telugu writings as there were no admitted writings of the deceased. Exhibit P-2 is a letter addressed to the Collector. In this letter, the deceased has stated that she had been harassed and demands for dowry had been made right from the beginning of the marriage. Likewise Exhibit P-3 and P-4 refer to the facts that she continued to be harassed for dowry, cash and other articles and that she was feeling frustrated as she was not in a position to ask her mother for any more dowry or cash. We are, therefore, of the opinion that the letters aforesaid clearly inculpate the Appellant in the incident.