CRLA/1408/2008 of THE STATE OF A.P. Vs GANGAPURAM VENKATESWARLU NAIDU & 4 OTHERS

APHC010288252008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1408 OF 2008 Between: The State of AP., ...APPELLANT Rep. by its Public Prosecutor AND Gangapuram Venkateswarlu Naidu ...RESPONDENTS and four (4) others Counsel for the Appellant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) Counsel for the Respondents: 1. MASTHAN NAIDU CHERUKURI The Court made the following JUDGMENT: This Criminal Appeal is preferred by the State against the Judgment dated 29.09.2006 passed in CC No.90 of 1999 by the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Palakol, whereby and whereunder respondents 2 to 4 herein/A2 to A4 were found not guilty of the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 494 2 SRK, J Crl.A.No.1408 of 2008 read with 114 IPC, accordingly, they were acquitted of the said charges. Case against respondent Nos.1 and 5 herein/A1 and A5 was separated and numbered as CC No.144 of 2003 on 03.07.2003. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that A2 and A3 are the parents of A1 and A4. A5 is the second wife of A1. Marriage of