Md. Mumtaz Khan, J.

This appeal has been preferred by the appellant assailing the judgment, order of conviction and sentence dated July 10, 2002 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, 1st Court, Burdwan in Sessions Trial No. 12 of 2000 arising out of Sessions Case No. 102 of 1994. By the impugned judgment appellant was convicted for committing offences punishable under Section 302/307 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as IPC) and was sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life and also to pay a fine of Rs. 2000/- in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for the period of two months for the offence under Section 302 IPC and also to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/-, in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a further period of one month for the offence under Section 307 of IPC with a direction that both the sentences shall run concurrently.

2. The case of the prosecution, briefly stated, is as follows:

On February 4, 1990 at about 8/8.30 p.m. appellant's father namely the victim returned back home from outside. Appellant who was inside his room getting sound of his father came out from his room w