JUDGMENT

Santosh Hegde, J.-The appellant has preferred this appeal against the judgment dated 31.3.1999 passed by the High Court of Punjab & Haiyana at Chandigarh in Criminal Appeal No. 403-DB of 1997 confirming the conviction and sentence passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Ambala dated 25.2.1997and 27.2.1997 convicting him of an offence punishable under Section 302 IPC and sentencing him to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs. 2,000/-, and in default of payment of fine the accused was further directed to undergo 6 months RI.

2. Briefly stated, the prosecution case is that the appellant was married to one Ruksana Parveen for about 8 years and had two issues out of the said wedlock. The relationship between the husband and wife was not cordial and there used to be constant quarrels between the duo. It was also alleged by the prosecution that the appellant was a wavered person given to bad habits, therefore, his father in order to safeguard the monetary interest of the family, had purchased a house in the name of his wife, and also two cars, apart from investing money in certain FDs., for the beneilt of the children which was also in the joint names of the father of the