I.A. Ansari, J.

1. By the judgment and order, dated 3-9-96, passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Dhemaji, in Sessions Case No. 29(DH)/1994, the appellant in this appeal, namely, Shri Arjun Biswas stands convicted under Section 302, IPC and sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life and pay a fine of Rs. 2,000.00 and, in default of payment of fine, suffer rigorous imprisonment for a period of 1 (one) year.

2. The case against the accused-appellant, as projected at the trial, may, in brief, be stated as follows :

On 19-7-1992, at about 5.30 a.m., the accused-appellant, Arjun Biswas appeared at Dhemaji Police Station with a handleless blood stained dao in his hand and claimed that on that very day, i.e., on 19-7-1992, at about 4.30 to 5.00 a.m., he had done to death his sister-in-law, Smt. Krishna Biwas, by giving her blows with dao, for, he had suspected that she had killed his (i.e., the accused-appellant's) elder brother, Arun Biswas. The information so given by the appellant was reduced to writing in the form of Ext. 6 and treating the same as First Information Report, Dhemaji P.S. Case No. 127/92 under Section302, IPC was registered against the accused-appellant and the dao