JUDGMENT :

C. Praveen Kumar, J.

Heard Sri B. Parameswara Rao, learned counsel appearing for the appellant and Sri S. Dushyanth Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, through Blue Jeans video conferencing APP.

1. Accused No. 1 in Sessions Case No. 132 of 2011 on the file of II Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge-cum-IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam, is the appellant herein. The appellant along with two others were tried for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 201, 379 and 411 IPC. Vide Judgment dated 02.08.2013, the learned Sessions Judge, convicted the appellant for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 2,000/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months. He was further convicted for the offences punishable under Section 411 IPC and 201 IPC and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year under each count and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for three months. All the sentences are directed to run concurrently.

2. The gravamen of the charge leveled against the accused is that,