JUDGMENT :

S.K. Mishra, J.

1. This is a case of uxoricide. The appellant- Renta Nag alias Shyam Sundar Nag assails his conviction and sentence to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 2,000/- only, in default, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a further period of two months under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as "the Penal Code" for brevity) recorded by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Rourkela in Sessions Trial No. 78 of 2006 (arising out of G.R. Case No. 51 of 2006 of the court of the learned S.D.J.M., Panposh, corresponding to Lathikata P.S. Case No. 4 of 2006.

2. The prosecution case, in short, is that appellant- Renta Nag alias Shyam Sundar Nag and deceased-Basamati Nag were husband and wife. They were residing together in one house. There was some dispute between the deceased and the appellant in the night i.e. at about 09.30 A.M. of 09.01.2006 for which the appellant committed murder of the deceased by assaulting her by means of a crow bar and paniki (kitchen knife used for cutting vegetables). On 09.01.2006 the informant- Dasarath Gouda, the brother of the deceased, went to the house of the appellant and the deceas