JUDGMENT :

Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.

Heard Ms. Shruti Shrestha, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, learned A.P.P.

2. This criminal appeal is directed against the judgment and order of conviction and sentence dated 24.08.2017 (sentence dated 28.08.2017) passed by Sri Manoj Kumar Singh, learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, West Singhbhum at Chaibasa in S. T. Case No. 205 of 2009, whereby and whereunder, the appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable u/s 302 of the Indian Penal Code while acquitting him for the charges levelled u/s 497 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment (R.I.) for life along with a fine of Rs. 10,000/-.

3. The prosecution case as would appear from the First Information Report is that the son of the informant Nand Kishore Gope was married to Barsi Gope and they were having three children. The daughter-in-law of the informant was having an illicit relationship with Uday Sundi (Appellant) for the last one and half years and her daughter-in-law was carrying a pregnancy of six months. It has been alleged that Uday Sundi sells Ayurvedic medicine at Goelkera market and is also married having children. On acc