ORDER :

1. The instant appeal is directed against the judgment dated 12.12.2013, passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh, whereby the appellant’s conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1890 (for short “IPC”) and consequential sentence to undergo imprisonment for life as awarded by the Sessions Judge, Durg, vide judgment dated 19.07.2006 in Sessions Trial No. 22/2006, has been upheld.

2. The factual matrix in the instant appeal began with Merg No. 35/2005 having been registered on 27.10.2005 at Police Station Jamul, on the basis of a compliant-cum-information received from Anita Bai. In the said complaint, Parsuti Bai (the deceased) who was the appellant’s mother, was staying along with the complainant and her husband (Purushottam), i.e. the aunt and uncle of the appellant, allegedly because of a quarrel with the appellant. The complainant revealed that the appellant initially came to their house and tried to set the deceased and Purushottam on fire using kerosene. However, he could not succeed and instead, returned after the lapse of some period of time. He then attacked the deceased Parsuti Bai with a wooden plank, causing a blow on the head and resulting in her ins