JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed u/s.374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the judgment dated 22.01.2016 passed by Sessions Judge, Fast Track Mahila Court, Nagapattinam, in S.C.No.101 of 2015.)

1. This Criminal Appeal has been filed against the judgment and order passed in S.C.No.101 of 2015 by the Sessions Judge (Fast Track Mahila Court), Nagapattinam, dated 22.01.2016, convicting the appellants for offence u/s.306 IPC and sentencing each of them to undergo 7 years rigorous imprisonment and to pay fine of Rs.5,000/-, in default, to undergo one year rigorous imprisonment.

2. The case of the prosecution is that

2.1. The appellants herein [A1 and A2] are husband and wife. The deceased Geetha was living in the opposite house along with her children [PWs.3 and 7]. There seems to be a long standing dispute between A2 and deceased since A2 suspected that the deceased Geetha had an illicit intimacy with her husband A1. Hence, on many occasions, A2 seems to have abused deceased Geetha in this regard. On 29.12.2013, at about 08.00 p.m., A2 seems to have abused deceased Geetha in filthy language and A1 was also present when this incident took place. Ultimately, b