MOTILAL B. NAIK, J.

( 1 ) THE sole accused in Sessions Case No. 109 of 1996 on the file of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad is the appellant before us. The accused was charged that on 8-10-1994 in Khaja Nagar, Tadband, Hyderabad, committed murder intentionally and knowingly causing the death of one Syedunnisa Begum and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. He was secondly charged that on the same day in Khajanagar,tadband, Hyderabad, attempted to commit suicide, inflicted injuries on his person with a knife and also consumed Gemaxin powder, a poisonous substance and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code.

( 2 ) THE prosecution case in short is that the deceased Syedunnisa Begum and the accused arc mother and son. The accused was married around 11/2 years prior to the date of offence. His wife delivered a son. The accused and deceased were staying together in the same house. Quite often they used to quarrel on some fictitious issues. The deceased being an obstinate woman and accused was not in the habit of compromising nature and as such there used to be frequent quarrels between them

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