H.N. Sarma, J.

1. This Criminal Reference, arises out of the judgment and order passed in Sessions Trial No. 02/2001 (Corresponding to Roing PS Case No. 38/2000) convicting the accused under Section 302, IPC and sentencing him to undergo imprisonment for life, referred for confirmation under Section 30 of Regulation 1 of 1945--The Assam Frontier (Administration of Justice) Regulation, 1945, by the learned Deputy Commissioner, Lower Dibang Valley district, Roing.

2. We have heard Mr. N. Lowang, learned Public Prosecutor, Arunachal Pradesh and Mr. T. Pertin, learned Amicus Curiae, appointed to defend the accused.

3. The prosecution case initiated on the basis of an FIR lodged with the Officer in Charge, Roing Police Station, by one Shri Tengare Linggi, to the effect that on 14.6.2000 at about 3.00 A.M., the accused Shri Naina Bahadur Chetri murdered his wife. On receipt of the said FIR, the Roing Police Station Case No. 38/2000 under Section 302, IPC, was registered and Shri M.K. Deuri, SI, PW-9, was entrusted to investigate the case. The process of investigation having been set into motion, the Investigating Officer visited the place of occurrence and drew a sketch map of the p