Sanjiv Khanna, J. (ORAL);—

The appellant, Subhash, by the impugned judgment dated 15th November, 2011 has been convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC, for short) for the murder of Nirmala; under Sections 452 and 324 IPC for committing house trespass and simple injuries to Sarita, Nita and Aache Lal. By the order of sentence dated 15th November, 2011, he has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the offence of murder and further sentenced to pay a fine of Rs.50,000/-, in default thereof to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of two years. For the offence under Section 324 IPC, he has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years. For the offence under Section 452, he has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment of seven years and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/- and in default thereof to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months.

2. The prosecution’s case largely rests and is predicated upon the statements of the two sisters of the deceased (Nirmala), namely Urmila and Asha, who had appeared before the trial court as PW-1 and PW-2, respectively.

3. Urmila (PW-1) has stated that on 6th February, 2005 she, her five sis

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