JUDGMENT :

S.S. Shinde, J.

The Appellant has filed the present appeal challenging the judgment and order dated 20 August 2015 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Niphad in Sessions Case No.1 of 2014 convicting the Appellant under Section 235(1) of Cr.P.C. for the offence punishable under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code and sentencing him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life. The Appellant was also convicted under Section 498-A of Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for three years.

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

(I) On 16.2.2003 marriage of deceased Manisha was performed with accused at Ozar. Out of the said wedlock, deceased had begotten three children. For two years, they cohabited well. However, thereafter accused used to ill-treat and harass the deceased as she was suspecting about his adulterous relations. Many a times accused used to beat the deceased under the influence of liquor and when the second son of deceased was three months old, the accused administered poison to the deceased. She was admitted in the hospital and thereafter, she started residing with her parents.

(II) On 19.7.2011, a written undertaking in the fo