JUDGMENT :

C.Praveen Kumar, J.

As the matter underwent several adjournments, due to absence of the counsel for the appellant, we took the assistance of Sri Challa Dhanamjaya, learned Senior Counsel, who after going through the papers, assisted us in disposal of this appeal.

2. The present Criminal Appeal came to be filed under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgment, dated 06.06.2014, in Sessions Case No.233 of 2011 on the file of the learned X Additional District and Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam at Anakapalle, wherein the sole accused was tried for the offence punishable under Section 302 I.P.C. for causing the death of one Kommireddi Lalitha Kumari (hereinafter, referred to as “the deceased”) on 14.08.2010. Vide judgment, dated 06.06.2014, the learned Sessions Judge convicted the accused under Section 302 I.P.C. and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-, in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of three (3) months.

3. The substance of the charge levelled against the accused is that he hatched a plan to grab the properties of Kommireddi Lalitha Kumari and also to avoid repa