S. Nagamuthu, J.

The appellant, sole accused in S.C. No. 119 of 2013 on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Kancheepuram district at Chengalpattu, who, stood convicted for offence under Section 302 I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and pay a fine of Rs. 50,000/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for six months 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. The deceased in this case was one Vidhya, aged about 21 years. She had studied upto plus two. Her father died many years before her death. She was brought up by her mother and brother. She was residing with them at Parameswaran Nagar, Adhambakkam, Chennai. She was working in a browsing center known as “Sri Browsing Center” situated at Thiruvalluvar Main Road, Adhambakkam, Chennai.

2.2. Earlier, she had fallen in love with one Robin. Later she realized that Robin was not a good man as he had lot of bad habits. Therefore, she put a full stop with Robin. It was only thereafter, she started working in the browsing center.

2.3. The accused Mr. Vijay Basker, a young man, aged 31 years, used to visit the browsi