( 1 ) MACHI Parvaiah, the appellant herein, was tried in Sessions Case No. 10/1983 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge, Nizamabad on the charge that he committed the murder of his mother Bhumavva (hereinafter referred to as the deceased ). The learned Sessions Judge found the appellant guilty of the offence and convicted him under S. 302 I. P. C. , and sentenced him to imprisonment for life.

( 2 ) THE facts urged by the prosecution in support of its case against the accused-appellant lie in a narrow compass. On 23-9-1982 at about 2 p. m. , the accused returned from outside to his hut with an axe in his hand. His sister, Agavva, and the deceased, his mother, were in the kitchen speaking to each other. The accused gave a beedi to the deceased to light it and when the deceased bent into the oven to light the beedi, the accused cut the deceaseds neck with his axe, as a result of which the deceased died instantaneously. Indeed, we are relieved of the need to examine any evidence as the learned counsel appearing for the accused, Sri Bhagiratha Rao, fairly conceded the above act of the accused which caused the death of the deceased. Learned counsel, however, put up