N.SATHISH KUMAR, J.

1. The appellant/sole accused was tried in SC.No.45/2012 for commission of the offence u/s.302 IPC. The Trial Court, vide judgment dated 29.01.2015 found the appellant/accused guilty of the said offence and sentenced him to undergo life imprisonment and also pay a fine of Rs.1000/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for one year. Aggrieved by the said conviction and sentence, the present appeal came to be filed by the appellant herein.

2. The brief facts of the prosecution case as follows:

The accused is the husband of PW3. PW1 is the mother in law of the accused and the mother of the PW3. PW2 is aunty of PW3. PW3 and accused were residing separately at Door No.81, Durga Devi Street, Anbu Nagar, Thiruverkadu and they have two minor female children. PW3 was working in a company and the accused was working as a loadman. In order to maintain her children, PW2 was allowed to live with PW3 and accused. The accused used to quarrel with PW3 frequently. On 07.11.2011, as usual PW3 returned from the work, the accused started quarrel with PW3 as to why she has not made any food for dinner and beat PW3, when the same was questioned by PW2, the accused asked h