Penal Code, 1860–Sec. 302 & 458–Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989–Sec. 3-2(v)–Arms Act, 1959–Secs. 4/25–Conviction–Reliability of eye witnesses–Appellant came to the house of deceased in midnight, forcibly kicked the door and tried to make physical relations with deceased–When she resisted, appellant inflicted knife blows in her abdomen–Presence of eye-witnesses-children was natural–Their statements are corroborated with the medical evidence–Recovery of knife in pursuance of disclosure statements–Held, appellant was rightly convicted for the offence.
