JUDGMENT :

CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY, J.

1. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment dated 29.06.2013 passed in Sessions Case No. 72 of 2012 on the file of the learned 7^th Additional Sessions Judge, Vadodara whereby, the respondent herein, who is the sole accused in the said case, was acquitted of the charges for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 504 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE , 1860 (IPC).

2. Briefly stated, it is the case of the prosecution that the deceased by name Jagmalbhai Bariya (hereinafter referred to as, the deceased) is the father of the de facto complainant, who is examined as PW-9. It is stated that on 11.01.2012, PW-9, after having his dinner, went to the house of his relative to watch television (TV). After watching TV, when he was returning to his house, the accused, who is the nephew of the deceased, followed PW-9. When PW-9 reached his house, the deceased, who is his father, was sleeping on a cot in front of his house. At that time, the accused shouted against the deceased as to why he did not prepare food for his dinner and attacked him with an axe and caused injuries on his head and the left eye. When the deceased shouted after sustaining the said i