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6. By about 5.00 or 5.30 p.m. when she regained consciousness, she found herself lying on the cot in a nude position. A2 was also found nude and lying by her side. P.W.1 enquired A1 and A2 as to where her dress was. A1 told her to take her dress kept behind the bed. At that time, P.W.1 further noticed that her ear studs, bangles and thali chain were missing. She also noticed an yellow thread tied around her neck. P.W.1 asked A1 and A2 as to who tied the same around her neck. A1 said that he only tied symbolising marriage between him and P.W.1. P.W.1 questioned A1 as to why they had spoiled her life to that extent. She further told that she would tell her parents about the same. A1 told her that in the event she told her parents, he would expose her nude photographs which he had taken while she was unconscious. Thereafter, P.W.1 went to the urinal and passed urine. There she experienced pain on her thighs. She also noticed her vagina with abnormal bulging. She washed her vagina. At that time, she noticed some volatile substance on her vaginal part. She returned from urinal and quarrelled with A1 and A2. She immediately wanted to go to her house. A2 went outside and brought an auto rickshaw. P.W.1 returned to her mother's home in the said auto.

45. But the evidence of P.W.1 that she found herself lying nude cannot be discarded lightly. Her further evidence that A1 was lying by her side in nude position also cannot be brushed aside. When P.W.1 was given juice and was sedated, she was in her full dress and when she was relieved off from sedation, she was nude and that too she was lying by the side of the first accused who was also nude. This part of the evidence, in my considered opinion, is inconsistent with the innocence of the accused.

46. The next aspect is regarding the nude photographs (MO.48 series). According to P.W.1, as soon as the occurrence, these two accused told her that they had taken nude photographs of her and they directed her not to disclose the same to anybody. After three days of the occurrence, A1 again called her over phone and told her that he had given the photos to A2 and P.W.1 could come over there and ascertain that such photographs had been taken. Accordingly, P.W.1 went to the house of A2 where the nude photographs of P.W.1 were shown to her. This would only go to prove that by making P.W.1 nude, after removing her thali and other jewellery from her body and also after tying a yellow thread around her neck, A1 and A2 had taken the nude photographs of P.W.1. M.Os.48 are the said nude photographs. A perusal of the same would go to show that P.W.1 is lying nude on the cot and there is also a yellow thread around her neck. Her eyes are found closed indicating that she was under sedation. A further perusal of the same would go to show that the said photographs could have been taken in full light. No woman of the stature of P.W.1 would have volunteered to have photographed in such nude position. Therefore, I have no hesitation to hold that M.O.48 series nude photographs were taken only by these two accused by force.

47. The learned counsel would contend that M.O.48 series have got no connection with the accused as they were not recovered from any of these accused. The photographs were recovered from P.W.48. P.W.48 was known to A2. Some time after the date of occurrence, A2 came to his office, left a luggage in his office and went to Ooty. After sometime i.e. after the arrest of A2, her son came to him and wanted him to return the luggage. P.W.48 told him that since he was not known to P.W.48, he could not hand over the same to him. He insisted that A2 could come and collect it. Thereafter, yet another person who claimed to be a friend of the first accused spoke to him over phone about the suitcase. Thereafter, he developed a suspicion and then went to the police station and handed over the suitcase to P.W.49. There, in the presence of Village Administrative Officer (P.W.36) and another witness, the suitcase was broke open which contained so many materials including M.O.48 nude photographs. Though P.W.48 was subjected to lengthy cross examination, nothing could be brought on record to discredit him. There is nothing attributed to P.W.48 for falsely deposing against A2. From the evidence of P.W.48, it has been clearly established by the prosecution that the suitcase and (M.O.48) nude photographs were kept in the suitcase at the office of P.W.48 only by A2. Thus the prosecution has proved that the nude photographs were in the possession of A2 when she came to the office of P.W.48. M.O.48 has been identified by P.W.1. Thus the evidence of P.W.48 and the possession of photographs (M.O.48 series) in the hands of A2 would duly corroborate the evidence of P.W.1, wherein P.W.1 has stated that she found the nude photographs in the custody of A2 three days after the occurrence. This is again corroborated by P.W.20 who attempted to mediate so as to get the photographs. Thus, it is crystal clear that these photographs (M.O.48 series) were taken only by these two accused and they had kept it secretly only with a view to intimidate P.W.1.