Judgment :

Rajani Dubey, J.

1. This Criminal appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentenced dated 29.10.2007 passed in Session Trial No. 73/2007, whereby the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Balodabazar, District Raipur (C.G.) has convicted and sentenced the appellant as under :-

2. Admitted facts of the case is that marriage of present accused/appellant Uday Bharti was solemnized with deceased Seema and they were living as husband & other acquitted accused persons namely Rampyari and Shanta Bharti were mother and brother of accused/appellant Uday Bharti, respectively.

3. The prosecution story leading to conviction of the accused/appellant is that accused/appellant and his deceased wife Seema were living in a rented house in Balodabazar. On the date of incident, accused/appellant Uday Bharti had gone out for work and when he came at morning after completing his work, he saw that his wife Seema was hanging with noose and she was died. Thereafter, the accused/appellant informed the incident to his landlord, then his landlord Krishna Kumar lodged the merg intimation in police station Balodabazar vide Ex.P-11. The incident was also informed to the parents fo