Judgment

UNTWALIA, J.:- Mst. Phino the sole appellant in this appeal was living with her father Narain Singh in village Ramuwala Nawan as her husband was serving in the Army. She was on visiting terms with Gurdial Singh of the same village who was examined as prosecution witness no. 5. Sometime in the middle of April, 1966,Gurdial Singh lost Rs. 110/- from his house and suspected that the appellant had committed the theft of the money. He approached the Gram Panchayat who made Narain Singh, the appellant s father, pay a sum of Rs. 50/- to Gurdial Singh. One Sardara Singh and Kamail Singh (PW 13) sided with, Gurdial Singh at the Gram Panchayat. The appellant, therefore, is said to have borne grudge against Gurdial Singh and his helpers. According to the prosecution case it so happened that on the 3rd May. 1966 three children who all were 4 or 5 years old were playing in the afternoon at about 4.30 p.m. in the lane near the house of the appellant. The three children were (1) Ranjit Singh s s/o Gurdial Singh; (2) Maghar Singh, s/o Kamail Singh and (3) Jalaura Singh, s/o Sardara Singh. The appellant is said to have given gur mixed with poison to eat to all the three children. They ate a