A.R. Joshi, J.

1. Heard rival submissions on this Criminal Appeal preferred by the appellant/orig. accused challenging the judgment and order of conviction dated 27th April, 2005 passed by the Sessions Judge, Raigad Alibag in Sessions Case No.47 of 2005. By the impugned judgment and order the appellant/accused was convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 of IPC and was sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life

2. The case of the prosecution, in nutshell, is as under:

Marriage between appellant/accused and his wife victim Nagi (since deceased) took place some time in the year 2001. Appellant/accused was quarreling with the victim his wife and was beating her at times on the ground that she was frequently visiting her parents. In the year 2004, though there was custom that a woman should visit the house of her parents on the occasion of SarvapitraAmavasya, she did not visit and as such her father Balya Pingla had been to the house of appellant/accused. That time, he found that his daughter Nagi was beaten by her husband and she was unable to walk. As such by arranging a palanquin she was brought to the house of Balya Pingala. This happened about 10 days prior