JUDGMENT :

Ashutosh Kumar, J.

Heard Mr. Vivekanand Vivek for the appellant and Mrs. Shashi Bala Verma for the State.

2. The appellant has been convicted for the offence under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code vide judgment dated 17.09.2018 passed by the learned Addl. District & Sessions Judge-V, Bhagalpur in Sessions Trial No. 251 of 2016/Trial No. 65 of 2018, arising out of Kahalgaon P.S. Case No. 455 of 2015, and by order 20.09.2018, he has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life, to pay a fine of Rs. 5000/-and in default of payment of fine, to further suffer S.I. for three months for the offence under Section 302 of the I.P.C. and to undergo imprisonment for three years, to pay a fine of 1000/-and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo S.I. for a period of one month. Both the sentences have been ordered to run concurrently.

3. Navnita Kumari, the deceased died within five months of her marriage. There was no complaint with respect to any ill-treatment or demand of any dowry. In fact, after the marriage, the deceased had stayed at her parental home and had gone to join the appellant, who is the husband of the deceased, only in the month of October after