ALOK HALDAR Vs. STATE OF UTTARANCHAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) LEAVE granted. Appellant was married to the deceased Seema. Seema committed suicide and on a complaint lodged by her brother, Appellant was charged and tried for offences under Sections and , Indian Penal Code.

(2.) TRIAL Court acquitted the Appellant under Section , Indian Penal Code on the ground that prosecution story is proved to be false from the contents written in the diary of the deceased but convicted him under Section , Indian Penal Code on the ground that the Appellant treated the deceased with cruelty and such act of cruelty, torture, humiliation and his ill behaviour instigated the deceased to commit suicide, as is evidenced from the diary of the deceased. The Appellant was sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2,000/ - and in default, another six months' R.I.