JUDGMENT :

C. PRAVEEN KUMAR, J.

1. The sole accused in Sessions Case No. 259 of 2011 on the file of VIII Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court) at Chittoor, is the appellant herein. He was tried for the offence punishable under Sections 302 and 404 of Indian Penal Code (for short “I.P.C.”) for causing the death of deceased T. Suresh. By his judgment dated 21.10.2011, the learned VIII Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court), Chittoor, convicted the accused and sentenced him to suffer imprisonment for life and also to pay a fine of Rs. 1000/- in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for three months for the offence punishable under Section 302 of I.P.C. and the accused was further sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of Rs. 500/- in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a period of one month for the offence punishable under Section 404 of I.P.C.

2. The facts as culled out from the evidence of prosecution witnesses are as under:

PW-1 T. Sudhakar is the brother and PW-2 M. Thangaraj is the father of the deceased-T. Suresh and they were living in Pernambut village, Gudiyatham Taluk. The deceased was working in