JUDGMENT :

C.Praveen Kumar, J.

1. Heard Sri. Aravala Rama Rao, learned Counsel appearing for the Appellant/Accused and Sri. S. Dushyanth Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing for the State.

2. The Sole Accused in Sessions Case No. 50 of 2014 on the file of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Srikakulam, is the Appellant herein. He was tried for offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 of Indian Penal Code [‘I.P.C.’]. By its Judgment, dated 20.03.2015, the learned Sessions Judge, convicted the Accused for the offence punishable under Section 302 of I.P.C. and sentenced him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.5,000/-in default to undergo simple imprisonment for six months. The Accused was also sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay fine of Rs.2,000/-in default to undergo simple imprisonment for three months for the offence punishable under Section 201 I.P.C. Assailing the said conviction and sentence imposed, the present Appeal is preferred.

3. The gravamen of the charges against the Accused is that, on 15.01.2013, the Accused is said to have caused the death of his daughter, by name, Yesoda [‘deceased