Padmini Jesudurai, J.

The appellant, who has been convicted by the learned XI Additional Sessions Judge, Madras in S.C.No.98 of 1984 for an offence under Sec.302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life, has filed the present appeal, challenging his conviction and sentence.

2. The gravamen of the charge against the appellant was that on 8. 1984 in Door No.29, Duraisamy Gramani Street, Kodambakkam, Madras, at about 10.50 a.m., he caused the death of his wife, Thamilarasi, aged 22, by stabbing and cutting her on her neck with M.O.1, knife as a result of which she died soon after.

3. The prosecution case is briefly as follows: The deceased was married to the appellant about 1 1/2 years prior to the occurrence. About 10 months after the marriage, the deceased gave birth to a male child in the hospital, through cesarean operation. The doctors advised that for three years thereafter, the deceased should not conceive. After the delivery the deceased was in the house of her parents for some time. The appellant came to fetch the deceased to his house which was nearby. P.W.3 the mother of the deceased told the appellant about the medical advice. The