ORDER :

ILESH J. VORA, J.

1. This Criminal Appeal preferred by the appellant-accused under Section 374(2)of the Cr.P.C is directed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 26.02.2014 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Kalol, Panchmahal at Godhra in Sessions Case No. 27 of 2012, by which the appellant has been convicted under Sections 302 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment and fine of Rs.1000/-, in default thereof, further simple imprisonment of 1 month.

2. The case of the prosecution leading to the conviction of the appellant Jitu Botha Dantani is as follows:

The accused appellant has killed his wife Chandrika causing her head injury with wooden log. The offence of murder came to be registered with Kalol Police Station being I. CR. No. 44 of 2012, under Section 302 of the IPC. The prosecution case in brief is that, the appellant and his wife Chandrika had a matrimonial dispute and their relations were no cordial. The husband wife resided in a makes-ship house in the compound of Calico Mill at Kalol. On 24.04.2012, the dispute with regard to cooking of the milk arose between the husband-wife, as a result of which, the heat