The accused, who is the father of the deceased, has killed his

own daughters and has filed the present criminal appeal against the

impugned judgment of conviction dated 29.11.2018 and the order

of sentence dated 03.12.2018 made in S.C.No.112/2012 on the file

of the IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Shivamogga,

sitting at Bhadravathi, convicting the accused under the provisions

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of Section 302 of IPC and sentencing the accused to undergo

imprisonment for life with a fine of Rs.50,000/-with a default

clause.

2.

It is the case of the prosecution that the accused and

CW.1-Bhagya are husband and wife, and their marriage took place

eight years prior to the alleged incident. Out of their wedlock, they

had three children, namely Pallavi, Jayalakshmi and Yashavantha

and after the birth of the third child, their relationship was strained.

Hence, CW.1-Bhagya was residing in her parents9 house since

three years as on the date of the incident. Out of three children,

two daughters were studying and staying in a hostel. On

21.03.2012, CW.6 and CW.7, the paternal grand parents of the

children, invited two daughters on the eve of the Ugadi Festival to

their house at Bhadravathi and the