The appellant also narrated the story to PW 1 and companyfessed that he killed his wife.
127 of 1998 and sentenced the accused appellant to undergo imprisonment for life and pay fine of Rs.1,000/ with default clause.
PW 2 had told her husband PW 1 that the appellant came to the house.
She deposed that the accused appellant came to her house and companyfessed that he killed his wife by assaulting her with wooden stick.
The allegation as per the prosecution case is that appellant killed his wife Anusuya by means of wooden bar, hitting her very severely on the chest and at the back.
Because of severe beating, there was internal bleeding and as a result thereof, she died.
PW 1 then telephoned the police station from where the inspector of police arrived and arrested the accused.
PW 1 Devram Satu Waghmare who was police Patil of village Pilosari, deposed that in his absence the appellant visited his house and made a voluntary companyfession to his wife PW 2 Sunita that he had killed his wife.
On getting the information, PW 1 immediately reached the spot of incident and there he found the appellant sitting beside the dead body of his wife.
The appellant further said that he came to the house of PW 2 just to disclose this to her husband.
According to him, the death was caused due to intrathoracic haemorrhage due to fracture of right and left ribs with intra cranial haemorrhage.
The prosecution examined PW 2 Sunita, who is wife of PW 1.
Dr. Parshuram Kotekar was examined as PW 4, who companyducted post mortem over dead body of the deceased.
By the impugned judgment, the High Court affirmed and upheld the judgment of companyviction passed by the Sessions Judge of Raigad at Alibag in Sessions Case No.
Y. Eqbal, J. Aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 09.01.2004 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay passed in Criminal Appeal No.385 of 1999, this jail appeal by special leave has been filed by the accused.
