Sunil Kumar Sinha, J.

1. This appeal is directed against the judgment dated 22nd of April, 1998 passed in Sessions Trial No. 43/1996 by the 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Rajnandgaon. By the impugned judgment, the appellant has been convicted under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life.

2. The facts, briefly stated, are as under:-

2.1. Appellant - Ashajohn was a deserted lady. She was residing all alone in her parental house. On 4.7.1995, she delivered a male child. The villagers had heard the cries of the child. However, when they visited her house, they found that the child was dead. Dead body was kept in a room and it was covered by clothes. They suspected it to be a homicidal death. Village Kotwar was informed and a report (Ex. P/1) was lodged in the concerned Police Station.

2.2. The Investigating Officer reached to the house of the appellant, gave notice to the Panch as and prepared inquest (Ex.P/3) on the dead body of the deceased child. The dead body was sent [or postmortem. The postmortem examination was conducted by Dr. K.K. Ramtake (PW-5). He found that it was a dead body of newly delivered child. There were no external or internal injuries