JUDGMENT :

V.G.BISHT, J.

1. This appeal has been preferred against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Mangaon, District – Raigad in Sessions Case No. 22 of 2015 convicting the appellant-accused for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sentencing him to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand Only), in default, to further suffer simple imprisonment for one month. However, the learned Additional Sessions Judge acquitted the appellant-accused of the offence punishable under Section 304-B of the IPC.

2. In short, the prosecution case runs as under :-

(a) Informant’s daughter, namely, Khairunisa Parvez Dalvi (since deceased) was married to the appellant. It is the case of the prosecution that on 6th March, 2015 at about 9.30 pm., the brother-in-law of deceased called informant and informed him that his daughter had been to his house but did not return. However, informant-father replied that the deceased had not come to his residence. The informant alongwith his wife immediately went to the matrimonial house of the deceased, which was locked. From the