JUDGMENT

Chandra Kumar Songara, J. - Instant criminal appeal under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been preferred on behalf of the accused- appellant, namely Smt. Pushpa Devi wife of Shri Mahaveer Singh, assailing the impugned judgment of conviction and the order of sentence dated 31.03.2016 passed by the Court of learned Additional District & Sessions Judge, No.3, Bharatpur, (for short 'the trial Court'), in Sessions Case No.124-A/2012, whereby the appellant-accused, vide a separate order of even date, was convicted for commission of offence punishable under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment with a fine of Rs.50,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo six months of rigorous imprisonment.

2. The brief facts giving rise to this appeal are as follows :-

Complainant - Ravindra (PW-3) had submitted a written- report (Exhibit-P/2) to the S.H.O. Police Station, Kumher, District Bharatpur alleging therein that on 19.02.2012 his father Kishan Singh had gone to the house of Mahaveer Singh to recover the loan amount of Rs.1,50,000/- but did not return and on 20.02.2012 in the morning he was informed throu