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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
K SURESH REDDY, SUBBA REDDY SATTI
Guruvendapalli Nagaraju – Appellant
Versus
State Of Ap, Rep. By The Public Prosecutor – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SUBBA REDDY SATTI, J.
The sole accused in Sessions Case No.68 of 2016 on the file of the Court of Sessions Judge, Vizianagaram, is the appellant. He was tried by the learned Sessions Judge under the following charges:
The first charge was under Section 302 IPC,
The second charge was under Section 201 IPC and
The third charge was under Section 498-A IPC.
2. Substance of the charge is that on the intervening night of 30/31.10.2014 the accused committed murder of his wife viz., Gurvendapalli Radha (hereinafter referred to as deceased), by placing saree around her neck and forcibly pulled it through the window, as the deceased did not prepare food and she demanded gold Pusthula thradu to her and later with an intention to screen the evidence, the accused tore the saree and hide it in the garments and shifted the dead body to Ramanagar village, Challapalli Mandal, Krishna District and the accused also subjected the deceased to cruelty and harassed her physically and mentally. Thereby, the accused committed the offences punishable under Sections 302, 201 and 498-A IPC.
3. Learned Sessions Judge convicted the accused for the offence under Section 302 IPC and sentenced him to undergo r
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