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VIBHA KANKANWADI, ABHAY S. WAGHWASE
Ramkisan S/o Vishnu Nagare – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
VIBHA KANKANWADI, J.
1. Present Appeal has been filed by original accused who has been held guilty of committing offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Aurangabad in Sessions Case No. 17 of 2015 on 19th May 2017. The appellant-accused has been convicted for committing murder of his wife.
2. Before we proceed, the facts which are admitted on record, are that the present appellant-accused got married to Sunita who was the sister of informant PW-1 Bhaurao Baban Khedkar and daughter of PW-3 Baban Nana Khedkar. Their marriage had taken place in 2006. They are blessed with two sons and one daughter, namely, Tirtharaj - aged 7 years, Adarsh - aged 5 years and Tanuja - aged 1 year. Informant PW-1 Bhaurao and father PW-3 Baban are resident of Kekat-Jalgaon, whereas appellant is resident of Darade Vasti, Kekat Jalgaon, Taluka-Paithan, District-Jalgaon.
3. The prosecution has come with the case that informant PW-1 Bhaurao lodged report on 24th September 2014 stating that after the marriage of Sunita with accused in 2006, till their eldest son Tirathraj became seven years, there was no dispute in the marital life of Sunita. Th
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