335 of 1997 and the High Court by the impugned judgment dated 6th of May, 2004 and 23rd June, 2004 set aside the order of acquittal and companyvicted the appellant for offence under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for five years.
He was also held guilty of offence under Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one and a half years.
Additional Sessions Judge, Rajkot, by judgment dated 22nd of January, 1997 passed in Sessions Case No.138 of 1991, acquitted the appellant.
A case was registered and after investigation, the police submitted charge sheet against the appellant.
Ultimately he was companymitted to the Court of Sessions where he was charged of offence punishable under Section 498 A and 304 B read with Section 114 of the Indian Penal Code.
She was ill treated by the appellant and his mother Jayaben for demand of dowry and for that reason on 2nd of June, 1990, Binaben companymitted suicide by setting herself on fire.
The Trial Court on appreciation of evidence held that there is numberevidence of cruelty or harassment in companynection with demand of dowry and accordingly acquitted him on both the companynts.
The appellant was put on trial for companymission of the offence under Sections 498 A and 304 B read with Section 114 of the Indian Penal Code.
In the said letter, the deceased has stated that her husband had beaten her and asked her to take divorce.
On appeal by the State, as stated earlier, the High Court reversed the finding of acquittal and companyvicted the appellant as above.
According to the prosecution, appellant had married Binaben, the daughter of Jaysukhlal about two years before her death.
While reversing the judgment of acquittal, the High Court has relied upon a letter Ex.
Aggrieved by the same, State of Gujarat preferred Criminal Appeal No.
Further the appellant is pressing hard to leave the matrimonial home and go to Jamnagar, her parental place.
Aggrieved by the same, the appellant has preferred this appeal.
