JUDGMENT

FATHIMA BEEVI, J.:— Raj Kumari (20), the daughter of Ishar Dass, was married to the appellant Baldev Raj a year before her tragic death in February, 1975. It appears that all was not well with the couple. Raj Kumari left for her parents house in village Raison 75 Kms. away from her matrimonial home in village Urlana Khurd. She stayed with her parents for some days complaining ill-treatment by the husband. On the assurance of the father-in-law, she was sent back with her husband hardly a couple of months before the incident on 14-2-1975. On that fateful day, it is said that Raj Kumari took meals to the appellant who was working in that wheat field near his tubewell. Raj Kumari did not return home. Her dead-body was discovered in the drain on 16-2-1975. Multiple injuries were seen on her person. Complaint was lodged at the police station on February 16, 1975 at ,about 5.30 p. m. against the appellant who was finally chargesheeted for the offence under Sections 302 and 201, I.P.C. The learned Sessions Judge convicted the appellant under Section 302, I.P.C., and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life. The High Court dismissed the appeal against the conviction and sente