( 1 ) THE sole accused is the appellant. He was convicted of the offence under S. 302 IPC and was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life on an indictment of committing patricide on 27/01/1981 at 10 p. m. in his house. The prosecution case is as followed. The accused, the second son of the deceased, of Kangal village of Nalgonda District, had left for Bombay years past. Preceding the date of occurrence, at about Ramzaan time, the accused came back and was staying with his father. On 28/01/1981 on the morning P. W. 3 a boy who was passing-by, heard the groaning of the deceased. P. W. 3 opened the front gate, peeped in and found the deceased crying "allah, Allah", lying on the cot in the front verandah. He went in and accosted the deceased. The deceased told him that the accused had stabbed him and went away and requested P. W. 3 to arrange to take him to the hospital at Nalgonda. P. W. 3 went out and saw P. W. 1 standing nearby waiting for a lorry to go to Nalgonda. He informed P. W. 1 of what he had seen of the deceased. Immediately, P. W. 1 came to the deceased and made enquiries. The deceased informed him that the accused stabbed him and went away, P. W. 1 and