RAMASWAMI, J. : This appeal is preferred against the conviction and sentence by the learned Sessions Judge of Tirunelveli Dn. in S. C. No. 37 of 1958. The accused has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of his wife, the deceased Lakshmi.

2. The deceased was the daughter of P. W. 7 and was married to the accused in Vaikasi 1957. The parties were related even before marriage. The accused is the nephew of P. W. 7, being his sisters son. This marriage had unfortunately not proved a success. The accused began to suspect the faithfulness of his wife. A month prior to the occurrence while the accused was an inpatient in the hospital, the deceased went to P. W. 2s house at about dusk time. P. W. 1 got information of it and took with her two other women and went to P. W. 2s house and there they saw P. W. 2 lying on a cot and the deceased sitting by his side and talking. P. W. 1 is a person known to both the accused and the deceased, being a resident of the same place.

P. W. 2 is also a resident of the same place who knows both the accused and the deceased. P. W. 2 was suspected as the person with whom the deceased had an intrigue, P. W. 1 protested an