Pradeep Nandrajog, J.

.1. In a nutshell, case of the prosecution is, that having lost in his endeavour to win back his wife Rani Chaudhary, decree for divorce in whose favour attained finality when Petition For Special Leave to Appeal filed by the appellant before the Supreme Court was dismissed on 24.8.1982, the appellant made up his mind to murder Kishan Sikand, with whom Rani Chaudhary was residing and had decided to get married to. Being an ex-serviceman; having knowledge of ammunition, the appellant procured the raw ingredients to manufacture a bobby trap bomb, and using parts of a hand-grenade, managed to manufacture a bobby trap bomb, which was converted into a parcel, and on 25.9.1982, at around 7.30 – 7.45 PM, the appellant left the parcel containing the bomb at the staircase leading to the first floor of 98, Sunder Nagar, New Delhi, in the rear portion whereof the deceased Kishan Sikand was residing along with Rani Chaudhary. The bomb reached the deceased on 2.10.1982 and since the parcel containing the bomb was addressed to the deceased, he opened the same and while so doing, triggered of the contraption, resulting in an explosion. The sharpnells inside the bo