JUDGMENT :

V. Bharathidasan, J.

The appellant, a sole accused, in S.C.No.220 of 2003, on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Tiruchirappalli, stood charged and convicted for the offence under Section 302 I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo Life Imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-, in default to undergo six months Rigorous Imprisonment. Challenging the aforesaid conviction and sentence, the appellant is before this Court with this Criminal Appeal.

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

The deceased Priya @ Ruba, one year and three month old child, is the daughter of the appellant/accused. P.W.1 is the husband of the appellant/accused, and they are also having two other female children. P.W.1 was working as a driver and there were frequent quarrel between him and the appellant/accused. On 14.09.2002, there was a quarrel between the husband and wife, due to that, the appellant left P.W.1’s house along with the deceased child. On the next day, i.e., on 15.09.2002, P.W.1 was informed that a child was floating in a well belongs to P.W.4. P.W.1 went there and found that it is his child. Immediately, he informed the same to the appellant’s parental house at Pillayarpalaya