(Per K.C. Bhanu, J.)

This Criminal Appeal, under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, "Cr.P.C."), is directed against the judgment, dated 18.04.2007, in Sessions Case No.769 of 2006 on the file of II Additional Sessions Judge, Jagtial, Karinmanagar, whereunder and whereby, the appellant/sole accused was found guilty of the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, "I.P.C.") and accordingly, convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life.

2. The brief facts that are necessary for disposal of the prosecution case may be stated as follows:

The accused is no other than the son of the deceased Bollarapu Lasmavva. PW.1 is the husband of the deceased. They were all residing in a house at Uppumadugu Village, Raikal Mandal, Karimnagar District. On 05.12.2005 at about 08:00 AM, while PW.1 was taking tea, the accused demanded his mother to cook chicken and his mother stated that she could not cook the chicken. Furious over the same, the accused picked up a cart peg from the nearby place and gave a blow on the head of the deceased. As a result, the deceased fell down with bleeding injuries. Immediately