JUDGMENT

(Per Hon’ble Sri Justice C.Praveen Kumar)

Heard Sri. Chandra Sekhar Ilapakurti, learned Counsel appearing for the Appellant and Sri. S. Dushyanth Reddy, Additional Public Prosecutor, through Blue Jeans video conferencing APP and with their consent, the appeal is disposed of.

1. Accused No. 1 to 4 were charged for the offence punishable under Sections 302 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 [‘I.P.C.’] for causing the death of one Marri Veeranarayana [‘Deceased’] on 08.06.2011 at about 12.30 a.m. By its Judgment, dated 21.03.2014, in Sessions Case No. 71 of 2012, the III Additional Sessions Judge, Guntur, while acquitting Accused No. 3 and 4 for the offence punishable under Section 302 read with 34 I.P.C., convicted Accused No. 1 for the offence punishable under Section 302 I.P.C., and sentenced him to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/-. The case against Accused No. 2 was abated as he died on 18.06.2013.

2. The facts disclose as under:

a) PW1 is the father of the deceased, while PW2 is the mother. PW8 is the wife of the deceased. There were disputes between the deceased and A1 and A2 with regard to accused playing songs loudly in their auto. A quarrel