JUDGMENT :

VIBHA KANKANWADI, J.

1. Present appellant is the original accused No.1, who has been convicted by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Majalgaon, Dist. Beed by Judgment and order dated 22.01.2016 in Sessions Case No.46/2014. Appellant/accused has been held guilty of committing offence punishable under Section 498-A and 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

2. Before we proceed, we would like to place some admitted facts on record in order to avoid repetition. Deceased Jayshree was the wife of present appellant. They got married about 11 years prior to First Information Report dated 07.05.2014. They have one daughter and two sons. They used to reside at Bhim Nagar in Majalgaon. Parents of deceased Jayshree are residents of village Gangamasla, Tq. Majalgaon. It is further an admitted fact that deceased Jayshree had lodged First Information Report against the accused and his relatives about three years prior to the First Information Report and the case was pending for a considerable period. It was then withdrawn/settled and deceased Jayshree started cohabiting with accused/appellant with their children.

3. It is the prosecution story that Jayshree had sustained burn injuries on 06.