the offence punishable under Section 498-A read with Section 34, IPC, and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 3 years each and to pay a fine of Rs. 1000/- each and in default of payment of fine to undergo rigorous imprisonment of 2 months. Since in this appeal we are only concerned with the appellant, the 3rd accused, we are not going to refer to the details of conviction of others except to the extent Page 2 of 11 SLP (Crl.) No. 8245 of 2023necessary, at the appropriate place. The appellant herein was the third accused in the said crime after subjected to trial in SC No.853/2011 and in respect of all the other offences he was acquitted. It is against the conviction and the modified sentence handed down for the aforesaid offence that he along with the co-convicts in the said Sessions Case filed Criminal Appeal No.1014 of 2014. 3. The case of the prosecution is as under: - The daughter of the second respondent, Renuka- the victim, was married to the first accused Rajesh