JUDGMENT :

B. VEERAPPA, J.

1. The accused filed the present criminal appeal against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 25.02.2016 made in S.C.No.86/2014 on the file of the II Additional District & Sessions Judge, Davangere sentencing him to undergo life imprisonment and to pay fine of Rupees Ten Lakhs with default clause for the offence punishable under the provisions of Section 326A and sentencing him to undergo life imprisonment with fine of Rs.50,000/-for the offence punishable under Section 307 of IPC with default clause.

I. FACTS OF THE CASE

2. The case of the prosecution is that, initially, the accused has made proposal to marry the victim-PW.8 and her family members did not give consent for the same, thereby, the accused felt disgusted and with an intention to take revenge on her, he decided that she should not marry anyone else and to disfigure her face or to take her life, on 31.01.2014 at about 4.40 p.m., when PW.8 was proceeding on public road situated near Malladara Gowramma house along with PW.3-Raghu, the accused came on his motorcycle