Kailash Gambhir, J.

1. By this appeal filed under section 374 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Cr.P.C.’), the appellants seek to challenge the impugned judgment dated 28.05.1999 and order on sentence dated 29.05.1999 whereby the Appellant – Jitender Singh is convicted for committing an offence punishable under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as ‘IPC’) and the appellant was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.5,000/- and in case of default, to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months.

2. The facts germane to the case of the prosecution are that –

That accused Jitender had thrown acid on his own mother, Smt. Maya Devi over some property issue. On 9.8.97 on receipt of DD no. 25B for enquiry, HC Sanjay Kumar alongwith constable Tarsem Singh went to the place of occurrence of the incident at House no. D-53 Indira Jheel, Friends Enclave, Sultan Puri, Delhi. Injured was removed to DDU hospital. No eyewitness was found at the spot. The police then went to DDU Hospital. The police then collected the MLC of injured Smt. Maya Devi. Since she was found fit to m