JUDGMENT

MADHU JAIN, J.

1. The present appeal has been filed under Section 415 (2) read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter, ‘BNSS’) assailing the impugned judgment of conviction and order on sentence dated 30th September, 2024 and 04th January, 2025 respectively passed by the court of Ld. ASJ. West District Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, whereby the Appellant has been convicted in Sessions Case No. 339/2020, arising out of FIR No. 75/2020 registered at Police Station Mundka, Delhi, under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter ‘IPC’).

2. By the impugned judgment of conviction and order on sentence, the Appellant has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life for the commission of offence punishable under Section 302 of the IPC along with a fine of Rs. 50,000/-. In default of payment of the said fine, he has been sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 6 months. The Ld. Trial Court further directed that out of the fine amount, Rs. 9,000/- be paid to the prosecution towards trial expenses, and Rs. 41,000/- be paid as compensation to the family/LRs of the deceased, with a further recommendation to the