1. THIS is an appeal against an order of conviction under section 302 I. P. C, sentencing the appellant to imprisonment for life.

2. THE appellant and one Saraswati Roy faced trial under section 302/34 IPC in sessions Trial No. 2 (7) of 1982 of the Third court of the Additional District judge and sessions Judge, Alipore, saraswati Roy has been found not guilty of the charge of acquitted.

The prosecution case was initiated on a complaint lodged by Bamacharan Dutta, father of the deceased Bhabani Roy. The prosecution case, in brief, is as follows :-

3. THE deceased Bhabani Roy was married with the appellant Balaram Roy of the same village, namely, Pairagachhi. Since the marriage the deceased was always being ill-treated by her father-in-law, mother-in-law and sister-in-law. On 10.2.1975 at about 10 P. M. the deceased Bhabani came running towards the house of her father. She was complaining that she had been forcibly administered poison. Hearing the above the informant and others came out of the house and noticed that the appellant balaram (husband of the deceased) and his sister Saraswati (the acquitted accused) were trying to hold Bhabani back. Bhabani complained that the po