JUDGMENT :

RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.

By this Appeal, the appellant seeks to challenge the judgment dated 27-8-2013 delivered by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ahmednagar in Sessions Case No.423/2012. The appellant has been convicted for having committed an offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and has been sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life. He has also been convicted for committing an offence punishable under Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one year. Fine has also been imposed and the sentences are to run concurrently.

2. We have heard the extensive submissions of Shri Jadhav, learned advocate appointed through the High Court Legal Services Sub-Committee, Aurangabad, for the appellant/ accused and the learned Prosecutor on behalf of the State. With their assistance, we have gone through the appeal paper book and the record and proceeding, threadbare. By order dated 23-11-2020, we had directed the production of the station diary and by order dated 24-11-2020, we have noted the relevant entry Nos.13 and 16 in the police station diary No.260/2012 dated 16-9-2012.

3. A crime was registered by the inf