VERMA, J.

( 1 ) LEARNED Additional Sessions Judge, Raisinghnagar has found guilty Sher Singh of offence under Section 302, I. P. C. for committing twin murders, one of his wife Kartaro and the other of his son Nanak. The learned Judge has imposed upon the convict the extreme penalty of death. He has made D. B. Criminal Reference No. 3/1992 for confirmation of the death sentence. Convict Sher Singh has filed D. B. Criminal Jail Appeal No. 387/ 1992, Whereby he challenges the correctness and legality of his conviction and the sentence passed upon him. The murder reference and the jail appeal have been heard together and are being disposed of by a common judgment.

( 2 ) THE prosecution story is that Sher Singh was resident of village PM I. Smt. Kartaro was his legally wedded wife and Nanak Ram was his son. Nanak Ram was married to Smt. Veero (P. W. 2 ). Sher Singh owned about 25 bighas of land at village PM I. Three years prior to the alleged occurrence, Sher Singh divided his land and gave 10 bighas of the same to Nanak Ram and retained the remaining land with him. Sher Singh and Nanak Ram started separate cultivation of the two parcels of land. The appellant used to reside