JUDGMENT :

VIBHA KANKANWADI, J.

1. The appellant convict has been held guilty of committing offence punishable under Section 302, 201 and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, by Judgment and order dated 15th April 2015 in Sessions Case No. 145 of 2014 by learned District Judge-1 and Additional Sessions Judge, Newasa, District-Ahmednagar and sentenced him to suffer imprisonment for life for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. It is stated in the Judgment that no separate sentence is passed for the offence punishable under Section 201, 498-A of the Indian Penal Code.

2. The prosecution story, in short, is that informant Kashinath Mohan Mali has sister by name Tai Gangule. Tai’s husband had expired long back and she being disabled, used to reside with Kashinath. Tai’s daughter Suman was married to accused Santosh about 5 to 6 years prior to the First Information Report (for short “FIR”) dated 17th June 2014. Suman and accused were having daughter Komal, aged 2½ years and a son, aged 4 to 5 months on the date of the FIR. Though the native place of accused San