S.NAGAMUTHU, J.

The appellant is the sole accused in S.C.No.176 of 2009 on the file of the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Tuticorin. He stood charged for the offence under Section 302 IPC. By judgment dated 07.01.2011, the trial Court convicted him for the offence under Section 302 IPC and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-, in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year. Challenging the said conviction and sentence, the appellant is before this Court with this appeal.

2.The case of the prosecution in brief is as follows;

(a) The deceased in this case was one Mr.Pooliah Pandian. At the time of occurrence, he was aged 63 years. The deceased had originally married one Noorzhahan, hailing from Ooty. He had a daughter by name Rasitha Banu through Noorzhahan. Subsequently, he married yet another woman, through whom he has got three children. PW1 is the daughter of the deceased, who was already given in marriage. PW1 has got a child and she was staying with her father, because her husband was employed in a ship. The accused is the elder son of the deceased. Already he was married and got children also. PW3 is yet another