JUDGMENT :

Heard Mrs. Jasvindar Mazumdar, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Saket Kumar, learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction dated 24.08.2012 and the order of sentence dated 29.08.2012 passed by Sri Manoj Srivastava, learned District and Additional Sessions Judge-II, Dumka in Sessions Case No. 234 of 2009 whereby and whereunder the appellant has been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 302/201 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life for the offence under Section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code along with a fine of Rs. 5,000/-and rigorous imprisonment for five years for the offence under Section 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code and in default of payment of fine he shall undergo imprisonment for further six months. All the sentences have been directed to run concurrently.

3. A written report was submitted by Shiv Shankar Prasad on 01.04.2009 in which it has been stated that the marriage of his sister Beena Devi was solemnized with Tulsi Prasad Sah (appellant) in the year 2004. About one year after the marriage, hi