ORAL JUDGMENT :

1] The appeal is filed against judgment and order of Sessions Case No.82/99 which was pending in the Court of Sessions Judge, Latur. The Sessions Court has convicted and sentenced the appellant for offence punishable u/s 304-A of I.P.C. Both sides are heard. This Court has thoroughly and carefully examined the original record of the case.In short, the facts leading to the institution of the proceeding can be stated as follows.

2] The present appellant-accused is the wife of original complainant Vinayak. Their marriage took place about 5 years prior to the date of incident. Deceased Chaitanya was son of this couple and he was aged about 1½ years at the relevant time. Allegations are made that accused was little bit whimsical. She used to pick up quarrels with husband and in-laws and she used to do strange things. About 8-10 days prior to the incident in question, there was allegation against the accused that she had committed theft of ornaments of a child from the house of one Smt.Sagrabai. The braslet of the said child was however returned few days prior to the date of incident. There are allegations that on one occasion, accused had attempted to commit suicide when s