THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.555 of 2011 BETWEEEN: The State of A.P. … Appellant AND 1. Thanniru Lakshmamma & another. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.555 of 2011 JUDGMENT: The I Additional Assistant Sessions Judge, Nellore in Sessions Case No.55 of 2008 while convicting A1 to A3 for the offence under Section 306 I.P.C., acquitted the respondents 1 and 2/A4 and A5 of the said charge. As per the prosecution case, due to the abuses said to have been made by A1 to A5, the deceased felt hurt and committed suicide by hanging, after leaving a death note. It is the prosecution evidence that the deceased was abused by the accused stating that she was a whore and she was spoiling the villagers and making them to die. The lower Court mainly recorded acquittal of A4 and A5 on the ground that the death note stated to have been left by the deceased did not name A4 and A5 as the persons who abused her and who insulted her. In the death note, only names of A1 to A3 were mentioned. Death note, if proved to be proof, gives the proximate cause for the deceased to commit suicide. As per the death note, it was only abuses made by A1 to A3 that prevailed on her to take the drastic decision of committing suicide. In these circumstances, the lower Court is justified in acquitting A4 and A5. 2. Hence, the Criminal Appeal is dismissed. _____________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J Dated: 15.04.2011 ysk THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.555 of 2011 DATED: 15.04.2011 ysk