JUDGMENT :

C.PRAVEEN KUMAR, J.

1. Heard Smt. A. Gayatri Reddy, learned Counsel appearing for the Appellant/Accused No. 2 and Sri. S. Dushyanth Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing for the State.

2. Accused No.2 in Sessions Case No. 31 of 2015 on the file of the Principal Sessions Judge, Srikakulam, is the Appellant herein. He was tried for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 of Indian Penal Code [‘I.P.C.’], while Accused No. 1, 3 and 4 were tried for the offence punishable under Sections 109 read with 302 of I.P.C. By its Judgment, dated 29.10.2015, the learned Sessions Judge, while acquitting Accused Nos. 1, 3 and 4 of the offences punishable under Sections 109 read with 302 of I.P.C., convicted Accused No.2 alone for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 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 one year. Accused No. 2 was also convicted under Section 201 of I.P.C. and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years and to pay fine of Rs.2,000/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months.

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