3. The case of the prosecution is that the daughter of the defacto complainant and A1 got married and after marriage, they started their marital life at USA. A1 started behaving adamantly with his wife and told her that he was not interested in getting married and that only on the pressure of his parents, he accepted for the marriage. Out of twenty months period of the marriage, the daughter of the defacto complainant was kept away for about fourteen months on account of her studies. During the 3½ months, in which she stayed with A1, he never treated her as his wife and tortured her without any valid reason. He filed divorce petition in the Court at USA. The allegations against the parents-in-law are that they suppressed the real facts about the character of their son and made them to accept for marriage. All the allegations in the complaint are only against A1. One allegation against the petitioners is that the daughter of the defacto complainant informed her agony to her Smt. Prameela, mother-in-law (A3) and her co-sister, Smt. Yadamma (A6) and when the defacto complainant talked to Sri Mallesh (A4), head of the joint family and Sri Ramachandraiah (A2), they told that they would talk to A1 and convey him to behave properly, but they along with their wives and daughters, demanded additional dowry. The further allegation is that Smt. Prameela and Smt. Yadamma used to scold his daughter, stating that if there is any wrong with A1, she should keep it in her mind and should not reveal to her parents.
