CRIMINAL APPEAL U/S 372 CR.P.C. No. 559 of 2024 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:1481-DB Court No. - 47 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL U/S 372 CR.P.C. No. - 559 of 2024 Appellant :- Roshan Sharma Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Appellant :- Akhilesh Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Siddharth,J. Hon'ble Subhash Chandra Sharma,J. 1. Heard Sri Akhilesh Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel for the appellant and learned A.G.A for the State-respondents. 2. This criminal appeal under Section 372 Cr.P.C is filed against the judgement and order dated 21.08.2024 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Court No. 2, Rampur whereby, court below has acquitted the accused Ashvani Kumar Sharma in Sessions Trial no. 326 of 2015 arising out of Case Crime No. 246 of 2013, under Sections- 498-A, 302 IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station- Khjuriya, District- Rampur. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the elder sister of the informant, Kumari Santosh @ Sonu, was married on 08.05.1997 to Ashvani Kumar Sharma, respondent no. 2. The family members of respondent no. 2 were not happy and were demanding Rs. 1 lacs in cash. The deceased were being harassed by the family members of her matrimonial home an