R. Regupathi, J.

In a double murder case for having murdered his wife and first daughter, the appellant/sole accused faced trial in S.C. No.191 of 2006 on the file of the Additional Sessions and Fast Track Court, Dharmapuri. By Judgment, dated 09.04.2007, passed by the trial court, he was convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC (2 counts) and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment for each count and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-under each count. He was also convicted under Section 302 read with 201 IPC. and sentenced to undergo R.I. for five years and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-. The sentences were ordered to run concurrently. He was directed to pay a sum of Rs.50,000/- as compensation to PW-1 for the maintenance of his daughters. Aggrieved against the order passed by the trial court, the appellant has preferred the present Criminal Appeal.

2. The appellant/accused and the first deceased Lakshmi Saraswathi (referred in this Judgment as D1) are husband and wife, and the second deceased Keerthana (referred as D2) is their first daughter. PW-2 Lokeshwari is their second daughter.

On 08.03.2004 at about 8.30 P.M., on account of a quarrel between the accused