JUDGMENT

K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY, J.:- This appeal is filed against the judgment of the learned Judge, Special Court, Ferozepur. The sole appellant was convicted under Section 302, I.P.C. and sentenced to imprisonment for life for causing the death of his wife Malkiat Kaur, the deceased in the case. The case of the prosecution is that the father of the deceased died and on March 8,1984 his death anniversary was to take place in the village. A Bhog (meeting) was arranged in that connection. The deceased along with her husband, the accused, their children and relations gathered. After the Bhog was over, the accused wanted to leave for his Village Waring but the deceased wanted to stay on. There was some altercation. P.W. 3, the mother of the deceased intervened and sent the deceased along with her husband. P.W. 3 apprehending that there may be further altercation or trouble at the place of the accused went to the village of the accused on March 10, 1984. At about 8.30 P.M. on that day the deceased was working in the kitchen. Their children were in the house. The accused came in a drunken condition and started abusing the deceased in the name of her mother and the deceased retorted. Ther