JUDGMENT :

Ziyad Rahman A.A., J.

1. The documents before us reveal the murder of an ill-fated unfortunate woman named Elizebeth@ Mani, by her own son, merely because of the reason that, she could not fulfill his demand of money for his personal needs. The son of the deceased was tried as an accused in S.C No 408/2014 by the Additional Sessions Court-I, Alappuzha and stands convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 324 and 302 of Indian Penal Code. The sentence imposed is imprisonment for life and a fine of Rs 5,000/-. This appeal is filed by the accused challenging the conviction and sentence.

2. The prosecution case is as follows: On 28.05.2013, at 3.45 P.M, the accused came to Srambickal House, House No 1/579 of Mararikulam South Grama Panchayath, where the deceased was living along with her husband Wilson (PW2), and demanded money from her for his personal needs. As she conveyed that she does not have any money to give him, he got infuriated, took out a knife and stabbed on the chest of the mother. Even though she was taken to hospital, with the help of neighbours, by PW2 and his daughter(PW6), who joined them enroute, she succumbed to the injuries on the way. The a