JUDGMENT :

J.R. Vora, J.

This Appeal is preferred by the appellant under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, against the judgment and order delivered by Sessions Judge, Jamnagar, on 30th of September, 1999, in Sessions Case No. 35 of 1999, whereby the present appellant, being accused of the said Sessions Case, came to be convicted by learned Sessions Judge, Jamnagar, for the offences punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs. 500/ in default to undergo simple imprisonment of six months.

2. As per the brief facts of the prosecution case, deceased Roshanben, daughter of Abhu Kasam Jadeja of village Bet, had married to Noor Mohmad Adam Chamadiya, the elder brother of appellant, about five months prior to the date of incident. The family was residing jointly at village Balapar Bet, Taluka Okha. The family members were fatherinlaw of the deceased Adam Yusuf; motherinlaw of the deceased Aminaben and two brothers of husband appellant and other Sattar Adam. Havaben, sister of the husband,