1. - Mahideetasingh the appellant was convicted under Section 302, I.P.C. and sentenced to imprisonment for life with a fine of Rs. 300/- in default of the payment of fine to further undergo two months rigorous imprisonment by the learned Sessions Judge, Sri Ganganagar by his judgment dated November 4, 1981. He has come-up in appeal and challenges his conviction.

2. Put briefly, the prosecution case is that the accused and his wife Smt. Gurtej Kaur (the deceased-victim) were residents of Chak 54-F. The accused and PW 1 Roopsingh were sharers-crop with Balbirsingh and were working in his field situated in Mauja Maceasar PS Padampur district Sri Ganganagar in the year 1981. Smt. Gurtej Kaur, aged about 22 years at the time of the incident, also, used to work along with her husband in the fields of Balbirsingh. The accused suspected his wife having illicit relations with Balbirsingh. Five days before the incident, while the accused and his Wife were working in the field of Balbirsingh, he noticed Balbirsingh talking merrily and cracking jokes with Smt. Gurtej Kaur. Smt. Gurtej Kaur was then plucking cotton bolls in the field. She was running here and there and Balbirsingh was