N. SESHASAYEE, J.

1. This appeal is preferred by the sole accused in S.C.35 of 2015 on the file of Mahila Court (Fast Track Court), Namakkal. He challenges his conviction for an offence under Sec.302 IPC, as well as the sentence for imprisonment for life and a fine of Rs.2,000/- imposed on him Vide impugned judgment which is under challenge in this appeal.

2. The prosecution has come forward with the least complicated line of accusation:

The appellant was married to one Kala. They have a daughter (P.W.3) aged 5 years at that relevant time when the occurrence took place. Kala believed that her husband/appellant had developed an illicit intimacy with a certain Illavarasi, that this had triggered differences between the spouses and that they quarreled frequently on this issue. While so, on 05.2.2015, at about 6.00 hours in the evening, the spouses quarreled yet another time, during the course of which, Kala chose to pour kerosene on her body and the appellant herein lit a match and set Kala on fire.

She was first taken to Government Hospital, Vennandur and from there she was shifted to Government Hospital, Salem.

3.1 P.W.1 and P.W.2 were Kala's parents. P.W.7 was her paternal unc