BHASKARAN, J.

The appellant is Sri Gabriel, aged 27, son of Chinnaswamy the accused in Sessions Case No. 8 of 1981, on the file of the Sessions Court, Palghat. The case against him was that he had committed the murder of his mother, Parvar Ammal, aged 60, by giving her a blow with M.O. 1 spade and pushing her into the well in the property belonging to her deceased, at Colambara. The trail court accepted the prosecution case, and finding the accused guilt, convicted him under Section 302 I.P.C. and sentenced him to imprisonment for life. It is aggrieved by this conviction and sentence this criminal appeal has been preferred.

2. The prosecution case briefly stated was as follows :- The accused is the son of deceased Parvar Ammal. He was married and had three children. They had some agricultural land. There used to be quarrel between the mother and the son on account of the laziness on the part of the son. On the morning of 2-12-1980 Parvar Ammal had scolded the accused, and had asked him to leave the house if he could not do any work. He had then replied that he would go away only after doing away with her. Parvar Ammal, with her daughter P.W. 1, Jayaseeli Mari, her siste