SHRIKANT KAMAL CHAVAN vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

APEAL- 762 OF 2021 1. The present Appeal has been filed challenging the Impugned judgment and order dated 17.03.2021, passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, convicting the accused-appellant for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentencing him to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/- and in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months. Anant Naik/Purti Parab 1 APEAL- 762 OF 2021 2. Brief facts of the case of the prosecution are as under: a. It is the case of the prosecution that on 01.04.2019, at about 11.29 am, Complainant Tarabai Jaywant Rathod lodged a complaint at Wanawadi Police Station stating that she was residing at Wadkar Mala, Laxmi Park, Mohammedwadi, Hadapsar, Pune, along with her husband Jaywant, son Uttam and daughter Pallavi. Her elder daughter Sangita Shrikant Chavan was residing since 29.03.2019 in a temporary hut erected in an open space, along with her husband Shrikant Kamal Chavan (the accused) and their two minor children. It is further the case that the complainant and her family members were working as labourers and were residing in temporary huts. It is further the case that Sangita