(1.) Leave granted.
(2.) Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment rendered by a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court upholding the conviction for offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short the 'IPC') and sentence of imprisonment of life awarded by learned Additional Sessions Judge, 2nd Court, Malda in Sessions Trial No.51/2001.
(3.) Background facts in a nutshell are as follows: