Manish Pitale, J.

1. By this appeal, the appellant-sole accused has challenged the judgment and order dated 11.09.2015 passed by the Sessions Court, Yavatmal, in Sessions Case No. 19 of 2014, whereby the appellant has been held guilty under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for the murder of his wife and daughter and he has been sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life. There is also direction to pay fine of Rs. 1,000/- and in default to undergo further simple imprisonment for one month.

2. There is no eyewitness to the incident in the present case and admittedly it is the case of the conviction based on circumstantial evidence. The prosecution case is that on 28.09.2013, the wife and daughter of the appellant were found dead in the morning by PW3 Parubai, a neighbor and upon her raising an alarm, the matter was reported to the Police and father of the deceased-wife of the appellant i.e. PW1 Deorao Karande submitted an oral report on the basis of which first information report (FIR) was registered on the same day.

3. The wife and one and half month old daughter of the appellant were found with their throats slit open with profuse bleeding. A knife was also found ne