JUDGMENT :

[Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.]

1. The appellants herein two in number namely Sangeeta Tiwari & Shashikant Tiwari have preferred this appeal under Section 374(2) of the CrPC, calling in question legality, validity and correctness of the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 14-8-2013 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Ramanujganj, in Sessions Trial No.320/2010, whereby the appellants have been convicted under Sections 302 & 201 of the IPC and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and pay a fine of Rs.500/- each, in default, additional rigorous imprisonment for six months and rigorous imprisonment for three years and pay a fine of Rs.500/- each, in default, additional rigorous imprisonment for six months, respectively.

Prosecution case: -

2. Case of the prosecution, in short, is that on 27-3-2010, night at 9.00 p.m., at Village Karji, Police Station Rajpur, the appellants along with co-accused (juvenile) Roshan have murdered Priya Tiwari – wife of appellant No.2 and in order to screen themselves from the aforesaid offence, burnt her dead body and thereby destroyed the evidence and thereby committed the aforesaid offences. Further case of the prosec