JUDGMENT :

K.Sreenivasa Reddy, J.

Sole accused in Sessions Case No.305 of 2015 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge, Hindupur is the appellant herein. He was tried for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘IPC’) by the learned Sessions Judge.

2. Vide judgment dated 27.01.2016 in the aforesaid Sessions Case, the appellant was convicted of the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.5,000/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of six months for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC and to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of three months for the offence punishable under Section 201 IPC. The sentence imposed for the offence punishable under Section 201 IPC was directed to run concurrently with the life imprisonment imposed for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC.

3. The substance of charges as against the accused is that on 31.12.2012 at about 5.00 PM, the accused, being husband of one Harijana Ra