C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, J.

The conviction under Sections 450, 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sentencing inter alia to imprisonment for life gave rise to this appeal by the sole convict in Sessions Case No. 295 of 2008 on the file of the I Additional Sessions Judge, Krishna, at Machilipatnam. For convenience, the appellant will be referred to as the accused.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief as reflected from the charge sheet, is as under :

(a) The accused is the elder son and one Bhogadi Pavan Kumar (hereinafter referred to as the deceased) was the younger son of P.Ws.2 and 13 mother and father respectively and all of them were living in joint family. While the accused is spendthrift even without doing any work and participating in politics, P.W.13 and the deceased were doing agriculture and earning the amounts for the joint family. P.Ws.2 and 13 and the deceased used to scold the accused as he was not having any avocation, even in the presence of their relatives, due to which the accused suffered humiliation in the family circle. During the years 1999 to 2003, the accused sustained loss in agriculture and prawn culture. P.Ws.2 and 13 and the deceased sco