THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1694 OF 2004 JUDGMENT: 1 On the basis of a report given by the petitioner herein the police registered a crime and after investigation filed charge sheet. The trial court, which took cognisance of the said offence, tried the accused persons for the offences punishable under Sections 495 and 498-A of IPC and after trial found accused 1 to 5 guilty for the said offences and accordingly sentenced them to suffer rigorous imprisonment for three years and also to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- each in default to undergo simple imprisonment for six months for the offence punishable under section 495 of IPC and further sentenced them to suffer rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of Rs.4,000/- each in default to suffer simple imprisonment for five months each for the offence punishable under section 498-A of IPC. As against the said judgment dated 12.04.1999, the accused preferred Criminal Appeal No.134 of 1999 and the learned Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad while allowing the said appeal, acquitted the accused persons of all the charges for which they were tried. As against the said judgment dated 03.04.2000 passed by the lower appellate court, the de facto complainant filed the present appeal. 2 In my considered view, this appeal is not maintainable. The petitioner if aggrieved by the said judgment can maintain a revision but not an appeal as provided for under Section 378 of Cr.P.C. Further, the said judgment was passed by the lower appellate court on 03.04.2000. Now at this length of time, i.e. after lapse of about 10 years this court is not inclined to entertain this appeal and accordingly this appeal is dismissed. ---------------- 26.03.2010 Kvsn