JUDGMENT :

VIBHA KANKANWADI, J.

1. Appellant is the original accused who has been sentenced to imprisonment for life in Sessions Case No. 141 of 2021 by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Newasa, District Ahmednagar on 1.1.2015, after holding him guilty of committing offence punishable under Section 302 of IPC.

2. The prosecution case, in short, is that present appellant got married to deceased Mangal about 10 years prior to the date of incident i.e. 25.6.2014. The appellant and Mangal used to reside at Shrirampur and they had daughters by name, Radhika and Anjali. However, some years later, the appellant started assaulting and ill-treating Mangal by raising suspicion over her character. Informant - Pavlas Dagdu Satdive, who is the father of deceased Mangal, used to give advice to the appellant that he should not raise unnecessary suspicion over the character of Mangal and should not ill-treat her. However, because of the said ill-treatment two months prior to 24.6.2014, Mangal went to her father’s house alongwith daughters. Four days thereafter, the appellant went to the house of the informant and told that Mangal should be allowed to accompany him. But, when it was expressed tha