P.W.1 is the wife of the appellant/accused. The marriage between P.W.1 and the accused took place on 30.12.1992. thereafter they lived together and out of their wedlock they are blessed with two children. The accused used to harass P.W.1 by demanding dowry, and on 14.07.2005, at about 4.00 p.m., the accused assaulted P.W.1, and cut her hair and he burnt her forearm of P.W.1, with a heated spoon and caused burn injuries. On the next day, on 15.07.2005, P.W.2, the mother of P.W.1, came to their house and P.W.1 informed her about the same, after consulting with P.W.3, uncle of P.W.1, she lodged a complaint with the respondent police. Thereafter, P.W.1 was admitted in the hospital. P.W.7, Sub Inspector of Police, on receipt of the memo from the Government Hospital, Tirupur, went to the hospital and recorded the statement of P.W.1, and based on the statement, he registered a case in Crime No.25 of 2005 for the offences under Sections 498(A), 307 IPC and prepared express First Information Report and sent the same to the higher official and to the jurisdiction Court. P.W.8, Inspector of Police, on receipt of the First Information Report, proceeded to the scene of occurrence and prepared Observation Mahazar, Ex.P.1 and Rough sketch, Ex.P.6, in the presence of the witnesses and recorded the statement of witnesses. On 16.07.2005, he arrested the accused and on such arrest he has voluntarily given a confession and based on the disclosure statement, he recovered a spoon and scissor and hair of P.W1, which was cut by the accused and removed during the occurrence. Then, he recorded the statement of Doctor. After completing the investigation, he laid a chargesheet for the offences under Sections 498(A) and 307 IPC.
