1. This Criminal Appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 19-2-1998 propounded by 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Jammu, whereby he has convicted and sentenced Karanjit Singh alias Dolly, son of Dalip Singh, resident of Simbal Camp, Tehsil R. S. Pura, Jammu, to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life, under S.302, RPC and one year's imprisonment under S.4/27 Arms Act .

2. The sheet anchor of the prosecution case stemming out of the record having trait in narration is that on 6-7-1992, Police Post, Miran Saheb, received an information from a reliable source at 2.10 p.m. that during celebration of marriage of daughter of Sangat Singh in his house at Simbal Camp Tikri, Ward No. 1, Karanjit Singh alias Dolly, accused, actuated with criminal intention, committed a murderous assault on one Ajit Paul Singh son of Ujagar Singh with a kirch in his possession and caused four injuries, one after the other persistently, on the chest and the abdomen, as a result of which, the injured fell down in a pool of blood and had been removed to Hospital at Jammu. Hardeep Singh, Sub Inspector, Incharge, Police Post, Miran Saheb, entered the information in Daily Register and dispatched its cop