1. The accused in S.C. 32 of 1958 of the Tellicherry Sessions Court is the appellant. He has been convicted under S.302 I. P. C., and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life for causing the death of his mother by inflicting multiple injuries.

2. The accused Kannan aged 45 and his mother Perukkachi aged 70 were living in a house by the side of the road opposite to the Cannanore Central Jail. The unmarried accused and his mother were the only occupants of the house. At about 4 P. M. on 29.7.1958 the accused who had been away since morning returned home. At 7 P. M. his mother went out to the nearby tea-shop and purchased a glass of tea which she took home. It appears that the accused used frequently to quarrel with his mother over the quality of food she used to serve him. At about 7.30 P. M., P.W. 2 a cousin of the accused living in a house close by heard a commotion in the accused's house. She heard Perukkachi crying out that she was being killed and the accused replying that she deserves something more than killing. She rushed up but when she neared the well on the northern side of the accused's house the accused opening the front door came out and scared her away sa