Judgment

P. VENKATARAMA REDDI, J.

( 1 ) THE appellant-accused was working as a domestic servant in the house of retired brigadier Shyam Lal Khanna. According to the findings of the sessions court and the high Court, the accused put an end to the life of three members of the family including mr. Khanna and endeavoured to kill the informant Mrs. Khanna. The ghastly incident occurred in the morning hours of 15. 11. 1994 in Vasant Vihar area of dehradun. The appellant was charged under sections 302 and 307 IPC. Another person by name Nitish with whose sister the appellant had illicit intimacy was also charged under section 120 B IPC. The learned additional sessions judge. Dehradun, convicted the accused-appellant under sections 302 and 307 IPC. For committing the offence of murder, death sentence was imposed. Under section 307 IPC, he was sentenced to undergo R. I. for 7 years. The other accused was acquitted of the charge. The sessions judge made a reference under section 366 Cr. P. C. for confirmation of death sentence. The appellant also preferred an appeal from jail. The High court dismissed the appeal preferred by the accused-appellant and confirmed the death sentence and other sent