JUDGMENT :

C. Praveen Kumar, J.

1. The sole accused, who is the appellant herein was tried for the offence punishable under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 [for short, “I.P.C.”], for causing the death of one M. Devarajulu on 22.04.2014 at about 9.30 P.M.

2. Vide Judgment dated 17.06.2016, the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Chittoor convicted the accused for the offence punishable under Section 302 I.P.C. and sentenced him to suffer Imprisonment for Life and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- [Rupees Five Hundred only], in default, to suffer Simple Imprisonment for Two Months.

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

(a) P.W.1 is the wife of the deceased while P.W.2 is the mother-in-law of P.W.1. The other witnesses are residents of the said village and they were known to the accused and the deceased. One Anjali, is said to be the wife of the accused. She was residing three houses away after the house of P.W.1. It is said that since seven years prior to the incident, the said Anjali was having illicit intimacy with the husband of P.W.1. P.W.1 claims to have advised the deceased not to indulge in the said affair, but to no avail. About one year prior to the incident, the said Anjali came t