JUDGMENT:

K.Suresh Reddy, J.

Aggrieved by the conviction and sentence recorded by judgment dated 14-12-2016 in Sessions Case No. 179 of 2014 on the file of the Court of learned VI Additional District and Sessions Judge, Prakasam District at Markapur (for short, 'the trial Court'), the accused therein filed the present criminal appeal before this Court. The appellant-accused was tried by the trial Court under the following two charges:

I charge was under Section 452 IPC; and

II charge was under Section 302 IPC.

2. Substance of the charges is that on 06-06-2013 at about 7 p.m., the accused trespassed into the house of one Sirimella Lakshmeswari (hereinafter referred to as 'the deceased'), caught hold of her tuft and dragged her onto road from the house and slashed her throat with a knife causing her death, thereby committed offences punishable under Sections 452 and 302 IPC.

3. After completion of trial, the trial Court convicted the appellant- accused for the offence under Section 302 IPC and sentenced him to suffer imprisonment for life and also to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/-, in default to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of three months. The trial Court also convicted the appellant