JUDGMENT :

1. This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence passed by the Court of I-Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Bagalkot to sit at Jamakhandi (for short “the Trial Court”) in S.C. No.17/2017, dated 11th January 2018, whereby the Trial Court held conviction for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 201 read with Section 34 of IPC. It is further held that both the accused i.e., accused Nos.1 and 2 are sentenced to undergo imprisonment for the life and shall pay fine of Rs.50,000/- each for the offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of IPC and also sentenced to undergo imprisonment for seven years and shall pay fine of Rs.25,000/- each for the offence punishable under Section 201 read with Section 34 of IPC. The same has been challenged under this appeal by urging various grounds and also seeking for allowing of the appeal by setting aside the judgment of conviction and order of sentence rendered by the Trial Court against the accused.

2. The factual matrix of the appeal that transpired in the case of the prosecution is that the complainant – Tungamma Yallappa Meharwade, who is none other than the mother of the deceased