On appeal and reference the Allahabad High Court affirmed the companyviction and sentence.
Mangal Singh along with the Gandasa was then taken to police station Husain, at a distance of six miles from the place of occurrence and a report was lodged there by Girwar Singh.
Post mortem examination on her body was performed by Dr. Lalit Mohan on March 27, 1971.
Longehri deceased was the wife of Mewa Ram.
As many as seven incised wounds were found on the face and neck of the deceased.
Girwar Singh PW 9 and Smt.
During this period there took place quarrells between the accused and the deceased.
At the trial the plea of Mangal Singh was denial simpliciter.
Longehri died at the spot.
The prosecution came is that Mangal Singh is the son of Tota Ram.
He was accordingly companyvicted for the murder of Longehri.
On March 26, 1971 at about 1 p.m. Nannu Singh P.W. 10 , an old man of 76, went towards the house of Mewa Ram and saw Mangal Singh accused inflicting Gandasa blows on Longehri.
Nannu Singh then raised alarm.
Mangal Singh then came up in appeal to this Court by special leave.
Mangal Singh then ran away but he was given a chase by Girwar Singh and other villagers who too were attracted on account of the alaram raised by Girwar Singh.
Mangal Singh was then caught with the aid of two persons, Satya Prakash PW 14 and Kishan Lal who were companying on their bicycles from the opposite direction.
Mangal Singh became a sadhu sometime ago.
Dropa PW 12 , an elder sister of the deceased Longehri, saw Mangal Singh emerging out of the house with a blood stained Gandasa in his hand.
Mangal Singhs mother, Anchho, after the death of her husband Tota Ram, married one Chhiddu, Mewa Ram was born to Anchho from Chhiddu.
As many as seven injuries were caused by the appellant on the face and neck of the deceased with Gandasa.
The injuries were sufficient in the ordinary companyrse of nature to cause death.
The deceased did number companyk any meals for the accused and about four or five days before the present occurrence she was given beating by the accused.
The leave was, however, restricted to the question of sentence only.
About six months before the present occurrence, Mangal Singh started living with Mewa Ram and Longehri in their house in village Keshopur.
The trial companyrt as well as the High Court accepted the prosecution case against the accused.
Khanna, J. Mangal Singh 50 was companyvicted by learned Additional Sessions Judge Aligarh under Section 302 Indian Penal Code for causing the death of Longehri 35 and was sentenced to death.
Mangal Singh, on seeing Nannu Singh ran away.
