JUDGMENT :

P.N. RAVINDRAN, J.

1. The appellant is the sole accused in Sessions Case No. 449 of 2009 on the file of the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge, Palakkad. He was prosecuted for the offences punishable under sections 302 and 326 IPC. By judgment delivered on 26.5.2010, the court below convicted the accused finding him guilty of the offence punishable under section 302 IPC and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life. He was found not guilty of the offence punishable under section 326 IPC and was acquitted of that offence. The accused has, aggrieved thereby, filed this appeal. The brief facts of the case are as follows.

2. The appellant was prosecuted for the aforesaid offences on the allegation that at about 9 AM on 23.2.2008 on account of enmity and with the intention of causing her death, he inflicted injuries on the head of his mother Saraswathy Amma, that she died of the injuries caused by him and thereby he committed the offences punishable under sections 302 and 326 IPC. The appellant was arrested on the day of the incident namely, 23.2.2008. The investigation of the crime was initially conducted by the Circle Inspector of Police, Vadakara who was holding char