1. - Appellant Bhanwarlal was tried for the offence under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his wife Smt. Dhapi, by the Sessions Judge, Jodhpur. By the judgment dated January 30, 1980, the learned Sessions Judge convicted the appellant for the aforesaid offence and sentenced him to imprisonment for life.

2. Briefly stated the facts of the case giving rise to this appeal are that Bhanwarlal and his wife Smt. Dhapi were very often quarrelling because of the former not earning anything and extracting money from the latter. The appellant is said to be addicted to the intoxication and gambling. On July 24, 1979 on hearing the shrieks of Smt. Dhapi, Smt. Badami (PW 1) and Smt. Champa (PW 7) rushed to her house. They saw the accused inflicting blows with scissors to Smt. Dhapi in the kitchen. They raised the cry. On hearing the cries of those two ladies, Ramdayal (PW 8) also went to the house of the appellant. He saw the appellant causing injuries with scissors to his wife Smt. Dhapi. Ramdayal enquired of the appellants to what he was doing, Even after his asking so, the appellant went on causing scissors injuries to his wife. On sustaining an injury on the neck, Smt. Dhapi fell d