(Appeal filed under Section 374 of Criminal Procedure Code against the Judgment dated 15.7.1998 made in S.C.No.54 of 1998 on the file of the Principal Sessions Judge, Nagapattinam, convicting and sentencing the appellant to undergo ten years Rigorous Imprisonment for the offence under Section 304 Part II I.P.C. and to undergo one year Rigorous Imprisonment for the offence under Section 323 I.P.C.)

The appellant is the sole accused in S.C.No.54 of 1998 on the file of the Principal Sessions Judge, Nagapattinam. This appeal is directed against the conviction and sentence of ten years Rigorous Imprisonment imposed on the accused for the offence under Section 304 Part II IPC and one year Rigorous Imprisonment for the offence under Section 323 I.P.C. as per Judgment dated 15.7.1998 and the sentences are to run concurrently.

2. The facts led to the filing of this appeal are as follows:-

(a) The accused is the younger brother of the deceased and they are the sons of P.W.4 - Anjalai. The deceased was residing in the northern portion and the accused was residing in the southern portion of the same house at Viruthanganallur. P.W.1 – Ananthi is the wife of the deceased and P.W.2 is th