Hon’ble Mrs. Ranjana Pandya, J.—This appeal has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 12.11.1982, passed by 5th Additional Sessions Judge, Lucknow, in S.T. No. 343 of 1981, under Section 302 I.P.C., P.S. Malihabad, District Lucknow, whereby the accused Sadhu @ Ram Chandra was found guilty and convicted under Section 302 and sentenced to imprisonment for life.

2. Prosecution case in brief is that One Changa, accused Sadhu and Pyare Lal Gosai husband of the deceased Smt. Kundala @ Shanti were the brothers that Pyare Lal had died about two and half years or three years before the incident which took place on 26.5.1981 that Pyare Lal has left behind him his wife the deceased and four daughters out of whom Km. Sohana is PW-1 and Smt. Mohana the complainant is PW-2, that after the death of Pyarey Lal, said Changa and accused Sadhu in order to grab the properties of Pyare Lal used to press the deceased to transfer it in their favour, that the deceased was not agreeable to proposal of the accused Sadhu and his brother Changa and in this respect an altercation used to take place between them that besides it Changa and accused Sadhu in order to purchase a pumping set ha