Hon'ble AHLUWALIA, J.—As per prosecution case, Ramkhiladi @ Khilli Singh, the present appellant was married with Smt. Veervati Devi in the year, 1995.

2. It has surfaced in the dying declaration (Exhibit-P/13) recorded by Chandrabhan (PW-7), Station House Officer, Police Station, Rajgarh, in the presence of Dr. Battu Singh (PW-8) that the appellant, after sprinkling kerosene oil on his wife Smt. Veervati Devi, had set her on fire, after igniting a match-stick.

3. The Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Rajgarh, District Alwar, vide its impugned judgment dated 28.11.2007, held the appellant guilty for commission of offence punishable under Sectiion 302 of Indian Penal Code, and vide a separate order of even date, sentenced him to undergo life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/-, in default of payment of fine to further undergo three months rigorous imprisonment.

4. Aggrieved against the conviction and sentence, the appellant has instituted the present appeal under Section 374 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, praying interalia that his conviction and sentence, be set aside, and he be acquitted of the charges leveled against him.

5. Mr. Biri Singh Sinsinwar, the learned Sr. Co

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