JUDGMENT :

C.PRAVEEN KUMAR, J.

1. Heard Sri. G. Vijaya Saradhi, 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. 103 of 2013 on the file of the I Additional Sessions Judge, Ongole, is the Appellant herein. He was tried for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 324 and 498A of Indian Penal Code [‘I.P.C.’] for causing the death of his wife Usthela Kondamma [‘Deceased’]. By its Judgment, dated 19.01.2015, the learned Sessions Judge, while acquitting the Accused of the offences punishable under Sections 324 and 498-A I.P.C., convicted him for the offence punishable under Section 302 of I.P.C. and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.100/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for one month. Assailing the said conviction and sentence imposed, the present Appeal is preferred.

3. The facts, in issue, are as under :

i) PW1 is sister and PW2 is cousin of deceased, while the Accused is husband of the deceased.

ii) The marriage between the Accused and deceased took place about nine months prior to the incident. It is sa