( 1 ) :- The appellant-accused has preferred this appeal against the judgement dated 22-10-1993 passed by the Sessions Judge; Dakshina Kannada, Mangalore, in S. C. No. 70/1990 convicting the appellant-accused for the offenses punishable under Sections 302 and 392, I. P. C. and sentencing him to rigorous imprisonment for life for the offence under Section 302, I. P. C. and rigorous imprisonment for five years for the offence under Section 392, I. P. C.

( 2 ) WE have heard Sri R. B. Deshpande, learned Counsel for the appellant-accused, and Sri. A. B. Patil, learned Additional State Public Prosecutor for the State, fully and perused the records of the case.

( 3 ) THE case of the prosecution in brief is as follows :deceased Smt. Prabhavathi was the mother of P. W. 1 - Bhaskara Bhat and PW. 11 - Lalitha Bhat and she was the wife of complainant Gopala Bhat. The accused is the husband of P. W. 11 - Lalitha Bhat and son-in-law of deceased Prabhavathi. Gopala Bhat was a retired post-master and after retiring from his service, he was residing in a rented house at Durgaprasad Compound at Udupi with deceased Prabhavathi, P. W. 11 - Latha Bhat and the accused. Another daughter of the deceased b

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