Raja Elango, J.

This Criminal Appeal under Sec. 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short 'Cr.P.C.') is filed by the appellant-accused questioning the conviction and judgment dated 30.04.2007 rendered in Sessions Case No.197 of2004 by the Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Vijayawada, wherein the learned Sessions Judge convicted the accused under Section 235 (2) Cr.P.C. for the offence punishable under Sections 302 and 309 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') and sentenced him to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/-, in default to suffer simple imprisonment for three months for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC and also sentenced him to pay fine of Rs. 1,000/-, in default to undergo simple imprisonment for three months, for the offence punishable under Section 309 IPC.

2. The case of the Prosecution, in brief, is that the accused and L.W.1 Surasani Sujatha are the husband and wife and they were blessed with two daughters Hemalatha and Ashalatha (Deceased Nos.1 and 2) and one son. Due to his indebtedness, the accused decided to put an end to the life of himself and his two daughters by administering poison. In pursuance of the same,