S. NAGAMUTHU, J.

The appellant, sole accused in S.C.No.491 of 2010 on the file of the learned VI Additional Sessions Judge, Chennai, who stands convicted for offences under Sections 364 and 302 r/w Section 201 I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years and pay a fine of Rs.50,000/-and in default to undergo simple imprisonment for six months for the offence under Section 364 I.P.C. and to undergo imprisonment for life and pay a fine of Rs.50,000/-and in default to undergo simple imprisonment for six months for the offence under Section 302 I.P.C. r/w Section 201 I.P.C., has come up with this appeal, challenging the said conviction and sentence.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is as follows:

2.1. P.W.4 and P.W.1 are the husband and wife respectively. They got married in the year 2000. It was a love marriage. Out of the said wedlock, a female and a male child were born. At the time of occurrence, the female child “Nivedita” was aged eight and half years and the male child “Adithya” was hardly aged three and half years (hereinafter referred to as the deceased). They were residing at 8/26, second cross street, Padmavathy Nagar, Virugambakkam, Ch