M. Jaichandren, J.

This Criminal Appeal has been preferred against the judgment passed by the Sessions Judge, Magalir Neethimandram, Chennai, dated 21.9.2011, in S.C. No. 472 of 2007, convicting the appellant/accused for the offence under Section 302 IPC, sentencing him to undergo life imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 10,000/-, and in default to undergo simple imprisonment for a further period of six months.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:-

2.1. The victim Manjula was living at No.31, H Block, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai. The husband of the victim Manjula had died one and half years prior to the occurrence. She had a daughter by the name Ramasri, aged about 5 years and a son by the name Sri Ram aged about 4 years. The victim Manjula was doing house hold work as a servant maid at Sams Bright Apartment at Shenoy Nagar belonging to one Pushpagandhi (P.W.5). The accused was the son of her younger mother-in-law.

2.2. Six months prior to the occurrence, the accused had developed an affair with the victim Manjula. While so, the accused had instructed the victim Manjula not to go outside her house. However, a day prior to the occurrence, the victim Manjula had come down from h