MUKTA GUPTA, J.

1. Ajay @ Sunder Pal though charged for offences punishable under Section 304B IPC and 302 IPC has been convicted for the murder of his wife under Section 302 IPC vide the impugned judgment dated December 14, 2015 and directed to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 25,000/- which if realised a sum of Rs. 20,000/- has to be given as compensation to the legal heirs of deceased Laxmi, vide the order on sentence dated December 17, 2015.

2. Hari Chand received a distress call from Laxmi, his daughter in the intervening night of September 1 and 2, 2011 at around 2.00 AM, a further call by Ajay and then by his brother informing of the death of Laxmi. He along with his wife left the house at about 4.30 AM in the morning for Nangli Sakrawati where they found the dead body of their daughter Laxmi in front of her matrimonial house, a room in the field which was taken by accused persons on contract basis for agriculture. He noticed that two teeth of the lower jaw of his daughter were broken and blood was oozing out. He made a call to 100 number and Po