C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, J.

1. This Criminal Appeal is filed by the sole accused in Sessions Case No.206 of 2008 on the file of the learned II Additional District and Sessions Judge, (Fast Track Court), Srikakulam, against judgment, dated 07.12.2016.

2. By the afore-mentioned judgment, the appellant was convicted for the offences under Sections-302 and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.3,000/-, in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for three months for the offence under Section- 302 IPC and also sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay a fine of Rs.3,000/-, in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for three months for the offence under Section-498-A IPC.

3. The case of the prosecution, as reflected from the charge sheet, is as follows:

One Bhagyamma (hereinafter referred to as the deceased) was given in marriage to the appellant about 22 years ago and the couple was blessed with two sons and two daughters. While so, four years prior to the occurrence, the appellant developed illicit intimacy with one Narasamma of Bendigate and used to hate and ill-treat the deceased by suspecting