JUDGMENT :

DEEPAK KUMAR TIWARI, J.

1. This appeal is against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 31st December, 2019 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Kondagaon, District Kondagaon in Sessions Case No. 106/2017 whereby the appellant has been convicted under Section 302 of I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo RI for life and to pay a fine amount of Rs.5000/- and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo additional imprisonment for six months.

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that deceased Negiram and the appellant are the real brothers. On 1st September, 2017, the deceased alongwith his minor son Chamra Ram (PW-8), in the evening at about 5-6 pm, had gone to see his field situated at Kerapadar Para, Fukagirola. When they reached near the house of the appellant, the appellant started raising quarrel with the deceased and also abused him in filthy language. Chamra Ram (PW-8) came to the house and narrated the incident to his mother Manai Bai (PW-7) and uncle Nakinath (PW-5) that the appellant quarreled with his father and also beaten him. Then they reached to the spot and found that in the premises of the house of the appellant, dead body of the deceased