JUDGMENT :

G. D. SAXENA, J.

The Special Judge (NDPS) in the district of Gwalior while disposing of the Sessions Trial No. 322/01, vide impugned judgment and order dated 31st December 2001, convicted the appellant/accused for commission of offence punishable under sections 302 and 201 of Indian Penal Code and sentenced him to suffer life imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 30,000/- ( Rs. Thirty Thousand Only) and further three years' rigorous imprisonment for offence under section 201 of Indian Penal Code.

2. The appellant Bhagwandas stood his trial on the charges for murder of Smt. Rekha Bhatnagar, a resident of Bhind, which is an offence punishable under section 302 of Indian Penal Code. He was further charged for causing disappearance of the evidence with an intention to screen himself from the legal punishment, which is an offence punishable under section 201 of Indian Penal Code.

3. The facts, in short, just for the adjudication of the matter are that on 3rd June 2000, Smt. Rekha who was working as police constable at Bhind stayed for a while at her residence at Bhahodapur Gwalior with her sister-in-law (Bhabhi), named Smt. Shiksha Raje. At about 2:30- 3:00 in the noon, accused Bhagwan