THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL APPEAL No.212 OF 2008 DATED 29th DECEMBER, 2010. BETWEEN : The State of A.P. .. Appellant and B.Narasimham & others ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL APPEAL No.212 OF 2008 JUDGMENT: This appeal is filed by the State challenging the order of acquittal passed by the learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Darsi, in Sessions Case No.124 of 2006. Heard. The Prosecution case, in brief, is that the respondents herein, more particularly, the first respondent abducted P.W.1 from her house and kept her in his custody for nearly 1 ½ months. After examination of all the witnesses, the learned trial Judge acquitted the accused. Learned trial Judge has observed in the impugned judgment that the victim girl was kidnapped within three days after her marriage and she was with the first respondent all along for 1½ months. But she has not made any efforts to inform regarding the kidnap either to her parents or to her relatives or to any public. If it is the case of the prosecution that P.W.1-victim girl was forcibly kidnapped by the accused, P.W.1 should have informed the incident to any one of the above said persons. The age of the victim girl is also more than 20 years. The learned trial Judge further considered the contradictions and improvements made by the witnesses to be material in nature and acquitted the accused giving benefit of doubt in their favour. On perusal of the entire record, it is clear that P.W.1 is the consenting party and she went along with the first respondent voluntarily. Hence, the order of acquittal passed by the learned trial Judge need not be interfered with and the appeal has to fail. Accordingly, the criminal appeal is dismissed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 29.12.2010 sur