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(iii) When the matter stood thus, on 12.07.2014 the deceased while in the upstairs committed suicide by self-strangulation using Dupatta. Immediately, P.W.1 has given a complaint to P.W.26-Sub-Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Srirangam and the same was marked as https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Ex.P.1. P.W.26 registered a case in Cr.No.16 of 2015 for the offence under Section 174 Cr.P.C and the same was marked as Ex.P42. Thereafter, the Sub-Inspector of Police had sent a copy of the FIR to the Revenue Divisional Officer- P.W.25 under Ex.P43 for enquiry and has also prepared an inquest for post-mortem.

and opined that the deceased appears to have died of ASPHYXIA due to hanging and issued the postmortem certificate Ex.P.18.

(xii) P.W.15 is the Senior Assistant Professor in the Forensic Department at Trichy Medical College Hospital. He has given an opinion that self-strangulation is also possible for the death and he issued Ex.P16. P.W.16 is the Scientific Officer, Forensic Department. He examined the viscera and found no poison in the viscera and issued Ex.P17 report. P.W.19 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis is the handwriting expert. He examined the signature found in Ex.P.21 diary and Ex.P22 letter written by the deceased and gave his report under Ex.P23 with an opinion that the handwriting found in both documents were written by same person. P.W.20 Head Constable handed over all the Material Objects to the Court. P.W.25 is the Revenue Divisional Officer, who conducted an inquest over the dead body and examined the witnesses and recorded their statements under Exs.P.9, P10, P11 & P12 and prepared inquest report Ex.P.38 and also recorded the statement of the father of the deceased Ex.P.39 and recorded the statement of A1 under Ex.P.40 and finally gave an opinion that the deceased died due to dowry harassment made by the accused and gave a report under Ex.P. 41.

6. We have perused the entire materials.

7. Unfortunately, the deceased has committed suicide on 12.07.2015 in her mother's house by self strangulation. The post-mortem doctor P.W.17, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis who conducted postmortem, opined that the deceased died due to severe asphyxia. Apart from that, P.W.15 the Senior Professor in Forensic Science Department of the Medical College Hospital, Trichy, gave an opinion that death by self strangulation is also possible. The above evidence of the doctor established the fact that the death is suicidal. We do not want to venture further to probe whether the self strangulation would not cause death or not. Be that as it may, the deceased died within 7 years from the marriage. The evidences of mother, sister and brother of the deceased would go to show that the deceased died due to cruelty in connection with demand of dowry of Rs.10,00,000/- prior to her death by A1. Besides A2 to A4 have also caused cruelty on her. To establish the dowry death, the charge under Section 304(B) IPC., THE following ingredients has to be established that: