R.S.BACHAWAT, J.

(1) THE Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi, convicted the appellant under sec. 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life. The Judge also convicted the appellant under sec. 324 of the Indian Penal Code, sentenced him to undergo six months rigorous imprisonment and directed that the two sentences would run concurrently. An appeal was filed in the High court of Punjab. The High court dismissed the appeal. The appellant has filed this appeal after obtaining special leave.

(2) THE appellant lives at Sat Nagar in Delhi. On 25/11/1961 at 1.45 p.m. he entered the house of his neighbour Somawati and stabbed her daughter Leela aged 1 1/2 years with a knife. He inflicted five stab wounds, one on the back trunk, one on the right gluteal region, two on the right thigh and one on the chest. The injury on the back of trunk, proved fatal. Leela died in the hospital at 4 p.m. The appellant then returned to his house and bolted the front door. A crowd collected near the front door and raised an alarm. After some time the appellant went out by the back door and stabbed another neighbour Parbati and then Raghubir who tried to intervene