JUDGMENT

R.B. Dizit, J. - The lust, passion and greed makes the man blind, who can go to any extent in committing crimes even against his kith and kin. This is an unfortunate case, as alleged, where accused-respondent had killed his own wife and young married daughter on intervening night of 20th - 21st June, 1984.

2. About 20 years before the incident, deceased Shyam Sundri was married to accused-respondent and from this wedlock after about 8 to 10 years, a daughter deceased Kamlesh was born. After about 7-8 years, accused entered into second marriage with Sukhrani and that was the beginning of befalling calamaties on his first wife deceased Shyam Sundri. It is said that after selling a part of his ancestral agricultural land, accused performed marriage of his daughter deceased Kamlesh some 4-5 years before the incident with Devi Singh (PW 3). After some time, some other agricultural land, which stood in the name of Jagdevi (PW 7), mother of the accused, were sold and out of the sale proceeds, a plot was purchased at Gohad Chauraha in the name of Sukh Rani, second wife of the accused. The deceased Shyam Sundri feeling aggrieved by sale of ancestral property thereby took it to as f