JUDGMENT :

(K. Suresh Reddy, J.)

Accused No. 1 in Sessions Case No. 182 of 2012 on the file of the Court of learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Vijayawada (for short, 'the trial Court'), is the appellant in the present criminal appeal before this Court. He along with accused Nos. 2 to 4 was tried by the trial Court under the following charges:

I charge was under Section 120-B read with Sections 302, 380 , 201 and 411 IPC against accused Nos. 1 to 4;

II charge was under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC against accused Nos. 1 to 4;

III charge was under Section 380 read with Section 34 IPC against accused Nos. 1 to 4;

IV charge was under Section 201 read with Section 34 IPC against accused Nos. 1 to 4; and

V charge was under Section 411 read with Section 34 IPC against accused Nos. 1 to 4.

2. Substance of the charges is that accused Nos. 2 to 4 having conspired with accused No. 1 committed murder of one Papineni Radhika (hereinafter referred to as 'the deceased') at about 2.30 p.m. on 16-04-2011 at door No. 4-5/2, Vempativari Street, Kondapalli, by throttling her neck and in the same process, they committed theft of gold ornaments from the body of the deceased and locked the door from o