JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal is filed under Section 374(2) of Criminal Procedure Code, to set aside the judgment of the learned III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Gobichettipalayam in S.C.No.30 of 2015 dated 03.02.2016 and allow this appeal.)

1. The matter is heard through “Video Conference”.

2. Convicted sole accused is the appellant herein.

3. The case of the prosecution is that

3(a). the deceased-Ramasamy is the father-in-law of P.W.2/Chitra. P.W.1 is the husband of P.W.2. The deceased came to know that the accused passing rumour as if, he is having intimated relationship with P.W.2.

3(b). on 21.04.2013, at about 9.00 pm, while the deceased and his son P.W.1 and his wife P.W.2 and P.W.3 brother of P.W.1 was standing near the house, the accused went through the same thing and the deceased had questioned as to why he falsely generating rumour as if, P.W.2 is having illicit relationship with him and thereby, touching upon the chastity of P.W.2, resulted in pull and push, wherein, the accused said to have prevented and he forcibly pushed the deceased and he fell down and sustained injuries on head, neck, forehead and left knee.

3(c) While he was taking treatment in the hosp