JUDGMENT (ORAL)

G.V. Seethapathy, J.—This appeal is directed against the judgment dated 16.5.2006 in S.C. No. 35 of 2005 on the file of Principal Sessions Judge, East Godavary, Rajahmundry, wherein the appellant was found guilty for the offence under Section 302 IPC and was convicted for the same and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.100, in default to suffer simple imprisonment for one month.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is as follows:

3. The accused is a resident of Ramannavalasa and the deceased Pallala Kannamreddy is a resident of Bodigagondi village. The accused is close relative of the deceased being the nephew of the mother of the deceased. About one year prior to the occurrence, the accused developed illicit intimacy with the mother of the deceased and it was known to one and all. The accused used to visit the house of the deceased now and then to meet the mother of the deceased. About one month prior to the occurrence, the mother of the decease left Bodigagondi village along with the accused and shifted to Ramannavalasa. About one week prior to the incident, the father of the deceased went Ramannavalasa and convinced his wife and