JUDGMENT :

Parthivjyoti Saikia, J.

Heard Mr. A. Apang, learned Amicus Curiae appearing for the appellant. Also heard Mr. T. Ete, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor representing the State of Arunachal Pradesh.

2. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment dated 21.08.2018 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Tezu, East Sessions Division, Arunachal Pradesh in Sessions Case No.93/CLG/2014. By the impugned judgment, the trial court has convicted the appellant under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life.

3. On 10.03.2014 at about 6 P.M., late Joshi Mura, aged about 40 years, went to the house of Smti. Rupa Mura in order to attend a religious function. That day, she did not return home. Next day, i.e. on 11.03.2014 at about 12 noon, Shri Amit Mura, the son of late Joshi Mura, discovered her dead body, which was lying in an agricultural field near Kusum Pathar Shiv Mandir. Amit Mura noticed that the dead body of his mother had some injuries also. Amit Mura came to know that his mother was returning home on the previous night along with the present appellant (Shri Gomia Mora) who hailed to the same village. The appellant was found