( 1 ) SMT. Kiran Mishra has preferred this appeal the judgment and order dated 27-10-1980 passed by the then Sessions Judge, Saharanpur in Sessions Trial No. 307 of 1980 whereby she has been convicted under Section 302, I. P. C. and sentenced to imprisonment for life.

( 2 ) THE case relates to the murder of Ramesh Chandra, the husband of the appellant and his younger brother Naresh Chandra. Both these persons are alleged to have been murdered at about 5 a. m. on 10-4-1980 in the quarter occupied by Constable Patan Din Mishra, the father of the appellant. At the relevant time Constable Patan Din Mishra was an employee of G. R. P. Saharanpur and resided in one of the G. R. P. quarters at the Mall Godown Road within the area of police station Sadar Bazar.

( 3 ) APPELLANT Smt. Kiran Mishra after completing graduation in Bareilly college was maried to the deceased Ramesh Chandra who was a constable in G. R. P. Tundla. The marriage took place on 11-4-1979 but the relations between the appellant and her husband were not cordial from the beginning and Kiran Mishra during the relevant period was living with her parents at Saharanpur. It is said that on 10-4-1980 at about 3 a. m. Ramesh Chan