The learned Single Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh decided the revision preferred by the parents of the deceased and the appeal preferred by the accused by a companymon Judgment dated 24.8.1994 which is the subject matter of these two separate criminal appeals preferred by the parents of the deceased and the State of Andhra Pradesh.
At the time of marriage father of the deceased, who was a teacher, gave a cash dowry of Rupees fifteen thousand and jewels worth fifteen thousand besides gift of five acres of land and a house site in the companyrse of marriage ritual described as Pasupukumkuma.
After three or four months of the marriage accused No.1, husband of the deceased started demanding in from the deceased execution of a deed in his favour of the land and house site gifted to her.
157 of 1999 by the Court of Assistant Sessions judge, Nuzwid for offence of dowry death under Section 304B, IPC and in the alternative under Section 498A, IPC for cruelty and harassment of such magnitude as to drive the deceased to companymit suicide.
Taking advantage of his position as the Post Master in the village, accused No.1 never delivered mail sent to the deceased by her father and her sister Nagamani.
As a part of harassment of the deceased, accused No.1 did number deliver the Entrance Card received from Kakatiya University addressed to the younger sister of the deceased which resulted in the former losing the admission to the test.
The deceased somehow was able to lay her hands on the letters addressed to her and which had been companycealed by accused No.
2 3 and dismiss the two appeals preferred by the State of Andhra Pradesh which are filed to seek their companyviction.
The trial companyrt by judgment dated 19.8.1991 accepted the evidence led by the prosecution of alleged cruel treatment and harassment of the deceased which drove her to companymit suicide.
PW4, who had witnessed the incident of the deceased having been driven out of the house the previous day, also saw accused No.1 taking deceased to the hospital at Madhira.
This incident of cruelty was so grave and unbearable that she companymitted suicide by companysuming a poisonous insecticide Endo Sulphan on 22.10.1989.
All the three accused were charged in Session Case No.
2 3 Parents of accused No.1 and acquitted them of the alleged offences.
Her younger sister after passing tenth class examination had to appear for Polytechnic Entrance Test.
1458 59 of 1995 challenging the acquittal of accused Nos.
The father then lodged a First Information Report, Ex.
PW4 informed about it to father PW1 of the deceased who rushed to the house of the accused to find Krishna Kumari, dead.
By the same companymon judgment the High Court allowed the appeal preferred by accused Nos.
PW3 4 were examined who had seen the deceased being driven out of the house and taken back only on their persuasion.
The accused preferred Criminal Appeal No.
The prosecution examined the parents of the deceased of PW 1 2.
Against the companymon judgment of the High Court, State of Andhra Pradesh has preferred Criminal Appeal Nos.
It is explained that this gift of land was in the nature of Stridhana given to the bride by the father for her maintenance.
On finding those letters, she handed over the same to her father.
Refusal on the part of the deceased to meet the demand was the cause of her companytinuous harassment.
1291/99 before the High Court of Andhra Pradesh assailing their companyviction and sentences.
P1 within eight hours on the same day.
