Mrs. Lisa Gill, J:-This appeal has been filed by the appellant–Anil Kumar, impugning the judgment of conviction dated 14.10.2011 and order of sentence dated 19.10.2011 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Yamuna Nagar at Jagadhri. The appellant has been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 302/201 Indian Penal Code (IPC – for short) for committing the murder of his wife Kalawati @ Usha and then throwing her dead body in the western Yamuna canal. The appellant has been sentenced as under:-

Sentence u/s Quantum of sentence

302 IPC to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.3,000/- and in default thereof to further undergo simple imprisonment for two months.

201 IPC to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of four years and to pay a fine of Rs.3,000/- in default of payment of fine, to further undergo simple imprisonment for two months.

2. The sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

3. Brief facts of the case are that the complainant Balbir Singh(PW19) received a telephone call on 29.08.2006 at 9.00 p.m. from his brother-in-law Puran Chand (PW13) resident of village Ganoli. Puran Chand (husband of another sister of Balbir Singh and