(1.) This appeal has been preferred by the appellant assailing the judgment and order of conviction dated January 10, 2007 and sentence dated January 11, 2007 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Purulia in Sessions Trail No. 9 of 2006 arising out of Sessions Case No. 322 of 2006 convicting and sentencing him to suffer rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs. 5000/- in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one year for commission of the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as IPC).
(2.) The prosecution case, in brief, is as follows:-
(3.) P.W.7 after reducing the verbal complaint of P.W.6 started Arsha P.S. Case No. 23 dated June 29, 2005 under Section 302 IPC against the appellant and took up investigation of the case.