register to which both the marital partners and their fathers are signatories , 40 sovereigns of gold ornaments were given to the plaintiff at the time of marriage. The trial court accepted the said case of the plaintiff in its entireity to hold that the defendants who were in custody of the ornaments and furniture pursuant to the death of Biju are liable to return the same in specie or their value totalling to a sum of Rs. 1,75,000/-. The lower appellate court, however, came to the conclusion that even though Ext.A1 marriage register would show that 40 sovereigns were given to the plaintiff, according to the appellants she was given ornaments worth only 15 sovereigns . Accordingly, the lower appellate court held that the defendants who are in custody of the said 15 sovereigns of gold ornaments were liable to return the same in specie or their value which was fixed at Rs. 58,125/- at the rate of Rs. 3875/- per sovereign. The value of movables was fixed at Rs. 15,000/-. Thus the plaintiff was held entitled to Rs. 73,165/- as against 1,75,000/- decreed by the trial court.
