RATNAVEL PANDIAN, J.

This appeal is preferred by the accused in S.C. No. 6 of 1980 on the file of the Court of Session, Madurai Division challenging the correctness and validity of the judgment, convicting him under Section 302, I.P.C. and sentencing him to imprisonment for life.

2. The crux of the indictment of the prosecution is that, on 15-9-1979 at about 1.30 p.m. in the Bazaar Street at Chinnalapatti village, the appellant (accused) caused the death of Kalyani, hereinafter referred to as the deceased, by cutting him with an aruval (bill-hook) M.O. 1 on the upper part of the left shoulder, on the right scapula, on the left side of the neck, on the ankle of the left leg and other parts of the body and thereby made himself liable to be punished under Section 302. I.P.C. To substantiate the above charge, the prosecution has examined P.Ws. 1 to 14 filed Ext. P-1 to P-18 and marked M.Os. 1 to 12.

3. The scene village is known as Chinnalapatti lying within the jurisdiction of Ambathurai Police Station. The deceased Kalyani, agent about 23, was a resident of Marimuthu Asari Lane in Channakalikkam Patti, a suburb of Chinnalapatti. P.W. 3 is the mother of the deceased and he wa