Judgment

L.C. Bhadoo, J.— The accused/appellant Narendra Prakash Meher

has filed this criminal appeal under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure being aggrieved by the Judg-ment dated 21st October, 2002 passed by the Second Additional Sessions Judge, Baloda Bazar, Raipur in Sessi-ons Trial No. 17/2002 holding the appellant guilty of the commission of offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and senten-

ced him to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 1000/-, in default of payment of fine amount to undergo six months Rigorous Imprisonment.

2. The relevant prosecution story for the disposal of this criminal appeal is that on 24th November, 2001 at 9 a.m. Mana Ram, Kotwar gave a merg intima-tion to the police station-Bilaigarh District-Raipur that today in the mor-ning at 7 a.m. Than Singh informed him that on 23rd November 2001 at about 8.30 p.m. in the night Narendra Pra-kash has murdered his father Punilal by inflicting assault by stone. On receiving this information he went to the site alongwith Than Singh, Aajuram, Vijay Kumar and Ram Kripal and saw that the body of Punilal Meher was lying in front of door of his house in the cor