<p>The judge Narayan V Hegde found Muninarayanamma, Narayanswamy and Muninarayan Gowda guilty of the offense and convicted. They judge ordered them to pay a fine of Rs 10,000, 20,000 and 20,000 respectively.<br /><br />Narayanswamy, a resident of Bettahalli in Sulibele police limits, gave his daughter Lakshmi in marriage to Muninarayan Gowda on June 9, 2006. <br /><br />After the wedding Muninarayan Gowda, his sister Muninarayanamma and brother Narayanswamy allegedly started harassing Lakshmi for more dowry. <br /><br />They allegedly subjected her for continuous mental and physical torture even after she delivered a girl child. They allegedly picked quarrel with her on January 6, 2009 alleging she failed to bring more dowry when she was carrying a five-month-old baby. <br /><br />They allegedly strangulated her with a rope and hanged the body from a branch of a tree in a land on survey number five. They cooked up a story and created fake records to establish it was a case of suicide. <br /><br />However, the police registered a case based on the complaint filed by Lakshmi's father Narayanswamy, took up the investigation and submitted a charge sheet.</p>
<p>The judge Narayan V Hegde found Muninarayanamma, Narayanswamy and Muninarayan Gowda guilty of the offense and convicted. They judge ordered them to pay a fine of Rs 10,000, 20,000 and 20,000 respectively.<br /><br />Narayanswamy, a resident of Bettahalli in Sulibele police limits, gave his daughter Lakshmi in marriage to Muninarayan Gowda on June 9, 2006. <br /><br />After the wedding Muninarayan Gowda, his sister Muninarayanamma and brother Narayanswamy allegedly started harassing Lakshmi for more dowry. <br /><br />They allegedly subjected her for continuous mental and physical torture even after she delivered a girl child. They allegedly picked quarrel with her on January 6, 2009 alleging she failed to bring more dowry when she was carrying a five-month-old baby. <br /><br />They allegedly strangulated her with a rope and hanged the body from a branch of a tree in a land on survey number five. They cooked up a story and created fake records to establish it was a case of suicide. <br /><br />However, the police registered a case based on the complaint filed by Lakshmi's father Narayanswamy, took up the investigation and submitted a charge sheet.</p>
