ORDER

G.N. Ray, J.- This appeal is directed against the order of conviction under Section 302, I.P.C. and sentence of life imprisonment passed by the Nagpur Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Criminal Appeal No. 65 of 1985 setting aside the ORDER of acquittal passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge Akola in Sessions Trial No. 74 of 1984.

2. The prosecution case in short is that the deceased was married to the accused Goverdhan on 11th June, 1983. The deceased was the daughter of Laxman and the sister of complainant Suresh and Purshottam. The house of Laxman is situated at Ural K.D. and the house of the accused is situated at Ural B.K. Both the villages are adjacent and are separated by a river. After the marriage, Sunanda went to the house of the accused and she was treated well for about two to three months only. Thereafter, the accused started beating her on the ground that she could not cook properly and that she was illiterate and the accused could have married a working girl. A few days before Dusschra festival, the deceased Sunanda arrived at the house of Laxman and demanded a sum of Rs. 500/- telling that her husband was in need of money for the purpose