JUDGMENT :

A.V. Sesha Sai, J.

Accused Nos.1, 2 and 4 in S.C.No.70 of 2012 on the file of the Court of the learned I Additional Sessions Judge, Vizianagaram are the appellants in the present Criminal Appeal, preferred under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

2. By way of the judgment, dated 03.06.2014, the learned Additional Sessions Judge convicted A1, A2 and A4-appellants herein for the offence punishable under Section 302 r/w 34 IPC and sentenced them to suffer imprisonment for life. This appeal calls in question the said judgment, dated 03.06.2014.

3. Briefly stated the case of the prosecution, as per the charge sheet, is as follows:

The marriage between the deceased-Smt.Lalitha and the accused took place nine years prior to the date of offence and they begot a daughter and a son out of their wedlock. At the time of marriage, P.Ws.1 and 2 gave cash of Rs.60,000/-and 3 Tulas of Gold ornaments to A1 towards dowry. A1 is a man of suspicious nature and he used to torture the deceased to bring money from her parents. A1 sent the deceased and two children to the house of P.Ws.1 and 2 about eight months prior to the death when his demands remained unfulfilled. A panchayat wa