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C. PRAVEEN KUMAR, B. V. L. N. CHAKRAVARTHI
Siddamreddy Chandrasekhar Reddy, Spsr Nellore – Appellant
Versus
P. P. , Hyd – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
C. Praveen Kumar, J.
Heard Sri P. Badrinath, learned counsel for the appellant/accused and Sri S. Dushyanth Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, for the Respondent/State.
2. The present appeal came to be filed challenging the conviction and sentence dated 26.11.2015 in Sessions Case No.19 of 2013 on the file of learned I Additional Sessions Judge, Nellore.
3. Originally, A.1 to A.5 were tried for the offences punishable under Section 498-A r/w. Section 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 [for short, “I.P.C.”] while A.1 alone was tried for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 201 I.P.C.
4. By its judgment, dated 26.11.2015, the learned Sessions Judge acquitted A.2 to A.5 for the offence punishable under Section 498-A r/w. Section 34 I.P.C. But, however, convicted A.1 for the offences punishable under Section 302 and sentenced him to suffer Life Imprisonment and to pay fine of Rs.2000/- in default to suffer Simple Imprisonment for three months. He was further convicted and sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for two years and to pay fine of Rs.500/- in default to suffer Simple Imprisonment for one month for the offence punishable under Section 498-A I.P.C. The su
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