( 1 ) THIS appeal is directed against the judgment dated 18/12/1990 passed by the division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High court in Criminal Appeal No. 571-DB of 1988. By the impugned judgment, the High court dismissed the appeal preferred by the appellant against his conviction and sentence passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Rohtak in Sessions Trial No. 6 of 1988 by judgment dated 26/10/1988. The learned Sessions Judge convicted the appellant for the offence under S. 498-A, 306 and 304-B of the Indian Penal Code. The appellant was sentenced to suffer 3 years rigorous imprisonment for offence under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal code, 10 years imprisonment for the offence under Section 306 Indian penal Code and imprisonment for life for the offence under Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code. The deceased Alka was the wife of the appellant and the marriage of the deceased had taken place on 12/12/1985. Out of the said wedlock, a female child was born on 8/12/1986. Alka was admitted in the medical College Hospital, Rohtak and died in the said hospital on 7/1/1987. From the analysis of the contents found in the viscera of the deceased, it transpired that aluminium phospha