JUDGMENT :

Amit B. Borkar, J.

The appellant – accused has challenged the impugned judgment dated 6-1-2018 rendered by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Chandrapur in Sessions Case No. 24/2016 by which the appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The appellant is sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.20,000/- and in default of payment of fine to suffer further rigorous imprisonment for three months.

2. The case of the prosecution, in short, is as under :—

Deceased – Amarsingh alias Guddu was the son of Informant – Subedarsingh. The deceased had three sisters and was working in Shubh Laxmi Video Parlour, Bangali Camp, Chandrapur. On 25-10-2015, the deceased – Amarsingh returned from his work. He left his house on the pretext of giving keys but thereafter did not return. The informant, around 12.00 hours in the midnight got up and saw the vehicle of the deceased parked inside the compound of the house. The informant searched but the deceased was not found. Therefore, the informant came home and slept. On the next day i.e. 26-10-2015 in the morning around 6:00 a.m. when the informant got up and was