JUDGMENT

C.K. THAKKER, J.—

1.Leave granted.

2.The present appeal is filed by the appellant-accused against the judgment and order passed by the Sessions Judge, Amritsar on August 12, 2002 in Sessions Case No. 53 of 1999 convicting him for an offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and confirmed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh on August 10, 2005 in Criminal Appeal No. 789-DB of 2002.

3.The case of the prosecution was that one Rajani BalaPW4 was married to appellant Gurdev Raj before about one year of the incident which took place on July 5, 1999. According to the prosecution, relations between Rajani Bala and her husband Gurdev Raj appellant herein were not cordial. The appellant was doing labour work. He, however, used to pick up quarrels with his wife Rajani Bala over petty matters. Because of frequent quarrels, Rajani Bala was taken by her father at her parental home, Amritsar. An application was also made to the Women Cell, Taran Taran against the appellant. 15 to 20 days prior to the date of incident, because of intervention of Assistant Sub-InspectorRajwinder Kaur, In-charge, Women Cell, a compromise was entered into between the pa