The accused has preferred the present appeal against

the impugned judgment of conviction dated 17/03/2015 and

order

of

sentence

dated

18/03/2015

passed

in

S.C.No.123/2013, on the file of the Fast Track Court at

Sagar, convicting the accused under the provisions of

Sections 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (“IPC” for

short) to undergo imprisonment for life i.e., he has to remain

in prison until his death and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- and

in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for three months.

Facts of the case:

2.

It is the case of the prosecution that, on the basis

of the complaint lodged by the brother of the deceased –

Hasmath Banu that on 28/10/2013 at about 10.30 a.m.

Riyazkhan telephoned the complainant and informed that his

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father Peerkhan-accused had committed murder of his sister

Hasmath Banu by assaulting her with sickle and spade and

when the complainant went there at 11.00 a.m., he found

the dead body of his sister in kitchen in the pool of blood and

spade and broken sickle were lying near the dead body. It is

stated that the complainant came to know that the said

Peerkhan-accused had been to Bengaluru on 19/01/2013

and stayed there for two days in the hou