JUDGMENT :

C. Praveen Kumar, J.

The appellant who is the sole accused in Sessions Case No.135 of 2010 on the file of the learned VII Additional District & Sessions Judge, Madanapalle, FAC-VIII Additional District & Sessions Judge, Chittoor, was tried for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 302 of IPC.

2. Vide judgment, dated 22.02.2013, the learned Sessions Judge convicted the Accused for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 498-A I.P.C. and accordingly, sentenced him to suffer imprisonment for life for the offence punishable under section 302 I.P.C. The accused was also sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three (03) years for the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC. The substantive sentences were directed run concurrently.

3. The substance of the charge against the Accused is that on 29.09.2009 at about 2.00 P.M. in the house of the Accused at Thumbakuppam village of Bangarupalyam Mandal, caused the death of his wife by name Sujatha (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”) by setting her on fire after pouring kerosene, due to which, she sustained extensive burns and died on 03.10.2009 while undergoing treatment in Apollo Hospital