C.V. BHADANG, J.

1. The challenge in this appeal, is to the conviction of the appellant for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 449 and 397 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC, for short). For the offence punishable under Section 302 of IPC, the appellant has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life with fine.

For the offence punishable under Section 449 of IPC, the appellant has been sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for seven years and fine. Lastly, for the offence punishable under Section 397 of IPC, the appellant has been sentenced to imprisonment for seven years.

2. The prosecution case, shorn of minor details, may be stated thus: That, now deceased, Rukmini Kanse had lent Rs.10,000/- to the appellant by way of temporary accommodation. It is stated that on 10.06.2015, at about 10:15 hours, the appellant trespassed into the house of the deceased and intentionally caused death of Rukmini Kanse, by strangulating her and slitting her neck and also committed robbery. On the basis of a complaint lodged by Deepali Kanse (PW-1), an offence ca