JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. Arwind Kumar, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. P.K. Appu, learned A.P.P.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction dated 6.7.2015 and order of sentence dated 13.7.2015, passed by Shri Vishnu Kant Sahay, learned Sessions Judge, Hazaribag in S.T. No. 18 of 2014, whereby and whereunder the appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life along with a fine of Rs.10,000/-and in default of payment of fine, he is to further undergo simple imprisonment for six months.

3. The fardbeyan of Lalita Devi was recorded on 17.6.2013, in which it has been stated that her marriage was solemnized about three months back. After her marriage, she had gone to her matrimonial house and about 15 days back she had come back to her parents’ house and she is staying there. She has alleged that today i.e. 17.06.2013, her father had gone to the market while her mother had gone to bring firewood and she was alone in the house busy in stitching cloths when at about 3 P.M. her brother in law Sunil Yadav had come on a Sumo vehicle with her parents and oth