JUDGMENT :

MALASRI NANDI, J.

1. Heard Mr. A. Tiwari, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the accused/appellant and Ms. B. Bhuyan, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State of Assam.

2. This appeal is directed against the Judgment and Order dated 20.12.2018, passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Kokrajhar, in connection with Sessions Case No. 103/2017, under Section 302 IPC, whereby the accused appellant was convicted and sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for Life and to pay a fine of Rs. 3,000/- (Rupees Three Thousand) only, in default of payment of fine, further imprisonment for 6 months.

3. To begin with the prosecution story, it has been revealed from the FIR that the informant, Sumita Kisku lodged an FIR on 14.03.2017, before the In-charge, Tipkai Outpost under Bagribari Police Station, stating inter alia that on 13.03.2017, at about 11:00 pm, her elder sister, Helena Kisku was brutally assaulted with bamboo stick and branch of a tree, as a result of which, her sister died in the house of the accused appellant. On the next day, i.e., on 14.03.2017, she visited the house of her sister and found her dead. Later on, she came to know that her sister was killed by h