Judgment

N. P. SINGH, J.:- The appellant has been convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life, for causing the murder of Paramjit Singh.

2. It is said that the appellant and the deceased were intimate friends and they used to visit frequently each others house. But Paramjit Singh (hereinafter referred to as deceased) misbehaved with the wife of the appellant and because of that the appellant had nursed a grudge. On July 8, 1979 in the morning the appellant asked the deceased to accompany him to Chandigarh and Mohali where he wanted to take some suitable shop for his business. They boarded a bus of the Road Transport Corporation at Patiala for Chandigarh at about 9.59 a.m. Gurucharan Singh (P.W.-8) also came to Chandigarh by the same bus. The appellant and the deceased reached Chandigarh at about 11.30 a.m. and after staying there for some time they boarded a local bus for Mohali. Gurdev Singh (P.W.-23) accompanied them in the bus from Chandigarh to Mohali. At Mohali after getting down from the bus the appellant went to Raj Kumar Singh (P.W.-11) brother of his wife and borrowed a bicycle from him. During this period the