Shaffique, J.

This appeal is filed by the accused in SC No.28/2012 of the Addl.Sessions Judge (Adhoc-II) Kottayam challenging judgment dated 12/3/2013 by which he was convicted and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life for the offence u/s 302 of I.P.C. and to pay a fine of Rs.50,000/-in default of which to undergo imprisonment for a further period of five years, convicted and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for one year for the offence u/s 450 of I.P.C. and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-for the offence u/s 450 of I.P.C.

2. Prosecution case is that on 11/10/2010 at about 9.30 am, the accused with the intention of committing murder, trespassed into the house of Sheela (the deceased) with a bucket containing formic acid. He poured it over her head and she suffered grievous burn injuries. She was taken to Pampadi Taluk Hospital and thereafter to Medical College Hospital, Kottayam. She succumbed to the burn injuries on 25/10/2010 at 4.40pm at the Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode. The case was registered based on the first information statement given by the deceased before PW36, the Assistant Sub Inspector of Police, Pampady on 11/10/2010. On the same day, FIR was register