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MUKTA GUPTA, POONAM A. BAMBA
Parveen Rana – Appellant
Versus
State – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Mukta Gupta, J.
1. By this appeal, the appellant challenges the judgment of the learned Trial Court dated 6th June, 2018 by which the appellant was held guilty for murder of one Neha (deceased) who was the wife of the appellant. The appellant also impugns the order on sentence dated 8th June, 2018 whereby the appellant was directed to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life along with fine of Rs.50,000/- in default whereof simple imprisonment for two years for offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC").
2. Brief facts of the case are that the appellant was the husband of the deceased and that the appellant used to fight with the deceased and on 2nd March, 2017, the appellant made a call to his brother Manjeet Rana and confessed his crime and told him "100 par phone kar de, maar di maine uppar padi hai va theek hai". On hearing this, Manjeet Rana (PW-2) woke up his mother Sushila and asked her to come with him upstairs to see if the appellant and the deceased have fought again. On the second floor, he saw the deceased lying on a double bed in her room with a blanket on her face and after removing the blanket he saw her throat cut and that sh
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