(1.) Present Appeal is preferred under Sec. 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, against the acquittal recorded by the judgment and order dtd. 11/5/2010 passed by the Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural) in Sessions Case No.79 of 2008. By the aforesaid judgment and order, the respondents have been acquitted for the offences under Sec. -498(A), 306 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code.
(2.) F.I.R. was registered being C.R.No.I-110 of 2007 registered with Vejalpur Police Station, Ahmedabad on the basis of allegations by the complainant- father of the deceased-victim alleging that the victim namely Gazal was married to one Dineshbhai Thakor on 19- 05-2006 and had started residing in joint family of the husband, who are respondents-accused herein. It is alleged therein that while the deceased was residing with family of the respondents-accused, mental and physical harassment was meted out by the relatives of her husband. As a result of which, husband and wife had started residing separately. Still, there was continuous harassment, as a result of which suicide was committed by the deceased-victim; Gazal by jumping into the river.
(3.) The Sessions Court upon conclusion of the trial has recorded the acquittal giving benefit of doubt to the respondents-accused.