JUDGMENT :

Cheekati Manavendranath Roy, J.

The appellant is the sole accused in S.C No.153 of 2014 on the file of the learned VI Additional Sessions Judge, Anantapuramu at Gooty. He was tried for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 304-B IPC, Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and under Section 302 IPC. He was not found guilty for the offences punishable under Section 498-A, 304-B IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and he was acquitted of the said charges. However, he was found guilty for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC of committing murder of the deceased, who is his wife. He was convicted for the said offence and was sentenced to undergo life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to undergo Simple Imprisonment for a period of one month.

2. Aggrieved thereby, the instant Appeal has been preferred by the appellant challenging the legal validity of the said judgment of conviction and sentence for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC.

Facts of the prosecution case may briefly be stated as follows:

3. The deceased is the legally wedded wife of the accused. Their marriage was solemnized ab