JUDGMENT

K. Jayachandra Reddy, J. - Appellant Jagjit Singh was tried alongwith Smt. Inderjit Kaur wife of one Tara Singh for offences punishable under Sections 302/34 and 324 I.P.C. The trial court acquitted the other accused but convicted the appellant under Section 302 I.P.C. simpliciter and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life.

2. The appellant and the deceased Rajinder Kumar were friends. They were living in two adjoining rooms of Quarter No. 777/5-2 in B.S.L. Colony, Sundernagar. Three days before the occurrence, Smt. Inderjit Kaur, the acquitted accused, came from Punjab to meet the appellant and she was staying with him. Neither the appellant nor the deceased had their families with them and were living alone. On 9th March, 1975, the deceased Rajinder Kumar, one Kulwant Singh and the appellant were having drinks in the evening in the room of Rajinder Kumar, deceased. The deceased had an eye on Smt. Inderjit Kaur, which led to a quarrel between them and the appellant gave blows with a dagger on the person of the deceased which proved fatal. The dead body was left in the room of the appellant alongwith blood-stained turban and blood-stained dupatta belonging to Smt.