JUDGMENT - SAHAI VISHNU, J.:—The appellant aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 7-5-1983 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, in Sessions Case No. 6 of 1983, convicting and sentencing her to undergo imprisonment for life under section 302, Indian Penal Code has come up in appeal before us.

2. Briefly stated the prosecution case runs as follows :

The appellant was married to Ramchandra Savaleram Gore P.W. 4, sometimes in the year 1973. Two issues were born to them viz. Sanjay and Manisha. While the appellant was pregnant and was in the 6th month of her pregnancy, when Manisha was to be born, Ramchandra underwent vasectomy. This was approximately in the year 1977-78. Manisha's birth took place in Pimpalgaon where the parents of the appellant resided. The appellant did not return to Ramchandra after Manisha's birth.

About 3 years prior to the incident the appellant delivered a third child Sonu, alleged to have been the offspring from the appellant's illicit relationship with Dhanraj Thorat; P.W. 7.

The evidence of Ramchandra is that some times in May 1982 the appellant came along with Sonu and her other two children and asked him to keep all of them. Ramchandra k

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