B.R. Arora, J.-These two appeals are directed against the Judgment dated 1l-12-89, passed by the Sessions Judge, Sirohi, by which the learned Sessions Judge convicted accused-appellant Suresh Kumar for the offence under Section 302, I.P.C, and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life and a fine of Rs. 1000/-and in default of payment of fine further to undergo three months’ rigorous imprisonment.

2. Accused-appellant Suresh Kumar was tried by the learned Sessions Judge, Sirohi, for committing the murder of his wife Smt. Manjula and daughter Kumari Meeku (aged about two years) in his house situated in village Padeev (district Sirohi) near about the Jain Festival in the year 1987 held in that village. Accused-appellant Suresh Kumar was, also, tried by the learned Sessions Judge for causing disappearance of evidence of the offence (offence under Section 201 I.P.C), i.e., the dead bodies of Smt. Manjula and Kumari Meeku, and for the dishonest misappropriation of the property (offence under Section 404 I.P.C.) possessed by deceased Smt. Manjula at the time of her death. The prosecution, in support of its case, examined thirty-two witnesses while the accused, in his defence