JUDGMENT

Dr. H.B. Prabhakara Sastry, J.—The appellant has filed this appeal challenging the judgment of the learned LXII Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru City, (hereinafter referred to as “Trial Court” for brevity) dated 25-10-2018 and order on sentence dated 27-10-2018, wherein he was convicted in Sessions Case No.344/2011 for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 309 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as “IPC” for short) and was sentenced accordingly.

2. The summary of the case of the prosecution is that, the accused/appellant - Sri. S.L. Rajappa and deceased Ms. Naveena were alumni of Kolar Degree Law College and were practicing as Advocates in Bengaluru. The accused and deceased had a love affair. The accused who had obsessive love towards deceased intended to marry her. The deceased who initially had agreed to marry the accused later turned down his proposal. Few months prior to the incident, the deceased was moving closely with her senior colleague, one Mr. Prakash Shetty and the accused by misunderstanding that the deceased had an affair with her senior colleague decided to finish off her. Accordingly, with premeditation on