3.The prosecution case is that the Appellant was married
to the victim Chandani in this case. They had a son who was about
7 year of age at the time of the incident. The incident took place
on 15/09/2010 at about 11.00a.m. Before the incident, the victim
was residing separately from the Appellant since about 6 years.
The Appellant was doubting her character. He was harassing her
and, therefore, she had left him. She was residing with her parents
in a different village with her son. The Appellant wanted to
continue cohabitation with her. He had even sent notices for
cohabitation, but she did not return. The Appellant got married
second time and had a daughter from that second marriage. The
victim’s sister and her sister’s husband were residing in the same
village as that of the Appellant. The victim had gone to her sister’s
village for attending a festival. On the day of incident, she had
taken her son to a place near the house as he wanted to answer
nature’s call. While she was standing on the road, the Appellant
came with an axe and gave forceful blow on her neck. He gave
further blows on other parts of her body. She fell unconscious on
