S.B. Sakrikar, J.

1. The appellants have directed this appeal against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 8th February, 1990, rendered by II Additional Sessions Judge, Alirajpur in S.T. No. 267/88, thereby convicting the appellants for the offences punishable under Sections 302/201 IPC and sentencing them for life imprisonment and five years RI respectively and further ordering to run these sentences concurrently.

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that appellant No.l Onkarsingh was residing in village Ambua together with his wife deceased Mery Rawat, in a Government Quarter. Onkarsingh was employed in the Government Hospital, Ambua as a Computer In-charge, and his wife deceased Mery was also working in the P.H.C. Ambua on the post of Lady Health Visitor .It is stated that appellant Onkar had illicit relations with appellant No. 2 Bayatibai, who was daughter of one Sajjansingh Chouhan, who was working as a driver in the Hospital at Ambua. It is stated that due to illicit relations with Bayatibai, appellant No. 2, the relations between the accused/appellant and deceased Mery Rawat became strained. On 2nd Oct., 1988 in the morning at about 6.00, some of th