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A.N.RAY, C.A.VAIDIALINGAM
Duvvur Dasratharammareddy – Appellant
Versus
State Of A. P. – Respondent
Judgment
VAIDIALINGAM, J.: - This appeal,by special leave, by the accused is against the judgment and order dated March 11, 1970 of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh confirming his conviction for an offence under Section 302, I. P. C, and the sentence of death passed for the said offence.
2. The appellant was charged of the offence of causing the death of his father-in-law Adepareddi by beating him with a battle axe on his head on the night of May 9, 1969 and also for an offence under Section 201, I. P. C, by digging a pit and burying the dead body and thus causing the evidence of murder to disappear. Though he was convicted also for the offence under Section 201, I. P. C. no separate sentence has been passed as he has been sentenced to death for the offence under Section 302, I. P. C.
3. The deceased Adepareddi was a ryot of Varagali owning five acres of land irrigated by pumpset. He was aged about 60 years and he was living in his village with his wife P. W. 3, aged about 40 years, two daughters, P. Ws. 4 and 5, and his two young sons. One K. Ramireddi, a cousin brother of the deceased was also living along with the family in the same house. P. W. 5, the eldest daughter of the deceas
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The excerpt is limited; it references a legal principle related to the conviction and the question of causing disappearance of evidence, citing another case (Duvvur ... State of A.P., 1971). Without additional context or subsequent case law references, the treatment remains neutral and unclarified.
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