JUDGMENT :

C.Praveen Kumar, J.

1. Accused Nos. 1 and 2 were tried in Sessions Case No. 681 of 2011 on the file of the XI Additional District and Sessions Judge, Guntur at Tenali, for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 [‘I.P.C.’] for causing the death of one Busi Nancharaiah [“deceased”] and thereafter made the incident appear as if it is a case of suicide by hanging the body to a bamboo stick in the house. By its Judgment, dated 11.02.2013, the learned Sessions Judge convicted both the accused for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 read with 34 I.P.C., and sentenced each one of them to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for three months. Accused Nos. 1 and 2 were further convicted for the offence punishable under Section 201 I.P.C., and sentenced to imprisonment for three years and to pay fine of Rs.500/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for one month. The substantive sentences imposed against the appellants were directed to run concurrently. Challenging the same, Accused No.1 preferred Criminal Appeal No. 241 of 2013; while Accused No. 2 p