JUDGMENT :

R. PONGIAPPAN, J.

Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, against the judgment dated 31.01.2011 passed in S.C. No. 214 of 2009 by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court No. I), Chengalpattu.

1. The present appeal is directed against the conviction and sentence dated 31.01.2011, passed in S.C. No. 214 of 2009, on the file of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court No. 1), Chengalpattu.

2. The appellant herein is the sole accused. He stood charged for the alleged offences under Sections 341, 324 and 302 of IPC. The accused denied the charges as false and opted for trial. After full-fledged trial, the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court No. I), Chengalpattu, found the accused guilty of the offences under Sections 324 and 302 of IPC. Accordingly, the appellant was convicted under Section 302 of I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- in default, to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of six months. He was further convicted under Section 324 of I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonme