JUDGMENT

Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J. - The appeal takes exception to the judgment and order dated 07.12.2019 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Pune in Sessions Case No.784 of 2015, whereby the appellant has been convicted and sentenced as under:

(i) for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, 'IPC'), to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-, in default, to undergo further simple imprisonment for three months.

(ii) for the offence punishable under section 316 of the IPC, to suffer rigorous imprisonment for seven years and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-, in default, to undergo further simple imprisonment for three months.

2. The appellant was acquitted of the offence punishable under Section 498A of the IPC.

3. Briefly stated, the case of the prosecution is as under:

Appellant got married to Sheetal (deceased) on 08.02.2015. After the marriage, Sheetal was being ill-treated by Appellant and her in- laws and there was demand for motorcycle and open plot at Uruli Kanchan; that it was demanded that Sheetal (deceased) should bring a sum of Rupees Four Lakhs from her parents; that the father of Sheetal (deceased) had taken her to the m