Janarthanam, J.

The appellant was the accused in S.C. No. 19 of 1986 on the file of Court of Sessions, Tiruchirapalli Division, Tiruchirapalli.

2. He was found guilty under Secs.324 and 302, I.P.C., convicted thereunder and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year for the offence under Sec.324, I.P.C. and imprisonment for life for the offence under Sec.302, I.P.C, with a direction that the sentences are to run concurrently. Aggrieved by the conviction and sentence, the present action had been resorted to.

3. Brief facts are:

.(a) The accused is a resident of Koppu Village. His wife is P.W.3, a resident of M.G.R. Nagar, Puthur, Trichy. Her mother, is one Dhanapackiam (since deceased). Her father is by name one Murugesan.

.(b) The marriage between the accused and P.W.3 took place some seven years prior to the occurrence, which event happened on 3rd April, 1985. Ever since the marriage, the relationship between the spouses did not appear to be cordial. There were very often bickerings and skirmishes between them, resulting in P.W.3 leaving the matrimonial abode and taking shelter in her parents’ house. The accused, in turn, would somehow or other pacify his wife,