JUDGMENT (ORAL)

Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.—Heard Mr. Gaurang Chatterjee, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Dilip Kumar Sinha, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction dated 07.02.2015 and the consequent order of sentence dated 12.02.2015 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Aurangabad in Sessions Trial No. 275 of 2011/70 of 2014 by which he has convicted the appellant for the offences punishable under Sections 304-B and 498-A of the IPC (for short ‘IPC’) and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life.

3. Surprisingly, after convicting the appellant on charges under two heads, the Trial Court vide impugned order dated 12.02.2015, passed a composite sentence without specifying the offence for which it was sentencing the convict.

4. The operative part of the order dated 12.02.2015 passed by the Trial Court reads as under: -

“On perusal of the case record and taking into consideration the contention of both the parties, it appears that the case is of dowry death and the deceased is subjected to cruelty. Thus, considering all the facts and circumstances of the case, the convic