C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, J.

1. This criminal appeal is filed by accused No.1 in S.C.No.149 of 2008, on the file of the learned III Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge at Hyderabad, whereunder he was convicted for the offence under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-.

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is as follows:-

Accused No.1 is a resident of Rama Krishnapur Village, Adilabad District and so is accused No.2. Accused No.3 is the second wife of the deceased and she developed intimacy with accused No.1. The deceased was running granite businesses and the accused were working under the deceased. The sister of accused No.1 is the neighbour of the deceased and accused No.3. On the day of occurrence, PW.1, the son of the deceased, came to his father’s house and stayed in the house after finishing the dinner. At about 2.00 am, on hearing loud voice, PW.1 woke up and went inside the room where the deceased and accused No.3 were sleeping. At that time, accused No.3 was shouting and her hands were tied on her back. PW.1 untied accused No.3 and found the deceased on the floor with bleeding injures. PW.1 called the police. On