JUDGMENT :

MILIND N. JADHAV, J.

1. This Appeal questions the legality of the Judgment and Order dated 07.02.2015 passed by the learned Special Judge, appointed under the P.C. Act, Court of Sessions for Greater Bombay in Sessions Case No. 1138 of 2013 convicting Appellant under Section 235(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (for short “Cr.P.C.”) for offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short “IPC”) and sentencing him to suffer imprisonment for life.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the prosecution case which emerges from record is as under:

2.1. Appellant is husband of deceased victim Sharmila Dasrath Sasane (hereinafter referred to as “Sharmila”). Appellant is convicted under Section 302 IPC for committing murder of Sharmila by setting her ablaze.

2.2. According to prosecution, on 08.09.2013 at about 17:00 hours information was received by Dadar Police Station, from KEM Hospital on telephone regarding Sharmila sustaining burn injuries by setting herself on fire and having been admitted to the hospital by her mother-in-law Smt. Laxmi Sasane. P