1. This criminal appeal has been directed against the Judgment, dated 20.03.2015, made in S.C.No.98 of 2013, whereby the learned III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Tirunelveli, found the appellant guilty and convicted him under Section 302 I.P.C., and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life and also to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-, in default, to undergo one year rigorous imprisonment.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is that the de facto complainant, namely, Subramania Asari is a resident of Kuruvikulam Village and he is the father of the deceased - Mariappan. The appellant / accused, namely, Sangili @ Sangilimadasamy, who belongs to Sattur Nalli Village, is the cousin of the wife of the deceased, namely, Meena, who belongs to Kalugumalai. The deceased - Mariappan and Meena fell in love with each other and got married twelve years back. The deceased - Mariappan was working abroad and during 2008 he had come back and when he intended to go abroad again for employment, his wife Meena, who was not interested in her husband going abroad again, had prevented him from making arrangements to go abroad and with regard to the said issue, there was a dispute betw