PRAKASH Vs. STATE BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The short facts of the prosecution case are as follows:-

(2.) On questioning, all the accused had pleaded not guilty and hence the prosecution case had been proceeded with.

(3.) P.W.1, Sujatha had adduced evidence that she is living at Manavala Nagar in Tiruvallur. She further adduced evidence that she had married the first accused on 29.08.2003 and at the time of marriage, her parents provided 50 sovereigns of gold jewellery and Rs. 2,00,000/- as cash, besides giving Rs. 20,000/- towards dress materials and 13 sovereigns of gold ornaments to her husband and all household articles. Immediately after the marriage both the spouses had led their marital life at the matrimonial home. During that period, her husband asked her to get her share of the property from her father and threatened that if she did not do so, she could remain in the house of her father and not to come to the matrimonial home. Further, her husband tortured her in the privacy of their home. P.W.1 further stated that she was forced to leave the matrimonial home and go to her mother's place. On 02.09.2004, she gave birth to a female child. On 14.02.2005, her mother-in-law and her husband came to her mother's house and instructed her to bring her share of the property within one week to the matrimonial home, failing which, she could continue to stay at her mother's place itself and also threatened her that they would take all steps to spoil her reputation. Hence, her father had levelled the said complaint on behalf of her. P.W.1 further stated that her husband and his parents told her that the child was not born through her husband (A-1).