contention that during the alleged period of torture for dowry of Rs. 5 lakhs, which is the main alleged cruelty, the appellant was not even a relative of the first accused and his family, to fall within the expression ‘relative’ used in Section 498-A, IPC. That Page 5 of 11 SLP (Crl.) No. 8245 of 2023apart, it is the contention of the appellant that there is absolute absence of any evidence against the appellant to connect him with the alleged crime and it is only because he being the husband of the second accused who is the sister of the first accused, the husband of the deceased that he was implicated. Yet another contention was taken to the effect that in the absence of any evidence against the appellant he ought to have been acquitted extending, at least the benefit of doubt granted in the case of accused No.4 and 5 who are respectively the husband of Kavita and Kavita, another sister of accused No.1. As per the impugned judgment, Harinarayan Raja Ram Kurane (accused No.4) and