CHINNADURAI Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The appellant, Chinnadurai who is the sole accused in this case, has come forward with this Appeal challenging his conviction and sentence passed by the learned Judge, Mahila Court, made in S.C. No. 511 of 2001 dated 01.09.2005 convicting the accused under Sec. 306, I.P.C. and sentencing him to undergo seven years' rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000.00 in default to undergo two years Rigorous Imprisonment.

(2.) The charges against the accused is that on 02.12.2000 at 8.00 p.m. at his house due to a wordy quarrel between the accused and his wife the deceased, Muthulakshmi, the accused consumed alcohol and said to have made a remark that it is better for the deceased to go and die and thereafter the deceased poured kerosene on herself and committed self-immolation.

(3.) The brief facts of the case, as projected by the prosecution for the purpose of disposal of this Appeal, are as follows: