JUDGMENT

N.J. Jamadar, J. - This appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 29th October, 2015, in Sessions Case No. 37 of 2014, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Vaduj, whereby and whereunder the appellant - accused came to be convicted for the ofence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ('IPC') and sentenced to sufer imprisonment for life and pay a fne of Rs.20,000/- with default stipulation, for having committed murder of Yashodabai (hereinafter referred to as, 'the deceased').

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the background facts leading to this appeal can be stated as under:

(a) The deceased was resident of Revalkarwadi, Taluka Khatav. The accused resided at Gavwadi Visapur, a nearby village. On 27th April, 2014, after having dinner the deceased went to sleep on a cot in the courtyard of her house. Her daughter Dhanashree slept besides the deceased on the same cot. Fulabai, the mother-in-law of the deceased, was sleeping on the foor near the cot. Laxman ('the frst informant') the son of the deceased had gone to sleep at the house of Krushnat Yadav, his cousin, as marriage of Krushnat was to be solemnized in the ensuing few days