PREMSINGH Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) APPELLANT Premsingh Narayan Jadhav (hereafter referred as "accused") is original accused No.1 who along with his parents and brothers and their wives, faced trial in Sessions Case No.90 of 1999 in the Court of Sessions at Nanded for offence under Section 302, 498 -A, 304 -B read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short "I.P.C."). Accused Nos. 2 to 7 (hereafter referred as "other accused") came to be acquitted while the Appellant -accused came to be convicted of offence punishable under Section 498 -A of I.P.C. and has been sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay a fine of Rs. 3000/ -, in default to suffer simple imprisonment for six months; he has also been convicted for offence punishable under Section 304 -B of I.P.C. and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for ten years. He came to be acquitted of the offence punishable under Section 302 of I.P.C. Being aggrieved, present Appeal has been filed.

(2.) CASE of prosecution, in brief, is as under: -

(3.) PROSECUTION brought on record evidence of seven witnesses. No defence evidence was led. After considering the matter, trial Court convicted Appellant -accused as mentioned above, while other accused came to be acquitted.