JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 374(2) of Cr.P.C. against the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the learned Additional District and Sessions Court, Theni @ Periyakulam made in S.C.No.145 of 2017 dated 21.12.2018.)

R. Subramanian, J. & N. Sathish Kumar, J.

1. This Criminal Appeal has been filed by the appellant / sole accused as against the conviction and sentence, dated 21.12.2018, made in S.C.No.145 of 2017, by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Theni @ Periyakulam.

2. The brief facts of the prosecution case is as follows:

(i) The deceased Kannieswari is the wife of P.W.8. P.W.8 and his wife were working under P.W.1 in his land and the accused is working in the neighbouring land and he become acquainted with P.W.8 and used to take him to fix snare to catch jungle fowl. On the date of occurrence, the accused asked P.W.8 to check the snare. After P.W.8 went to his regular work, when he came back at about 4.00 p.m., he found his wife dead inside the house and P.W.1 immediately was under the impression that she was killed by carnivore and therefore, informed the same to P.W.6 Forest Range Officer. P.W.6 came to the place of occurrence