ORDER :

1. This Criminal Appeal is filed by the Appellant-A1 aggrieved by the conviction and sentence inflicted by the III Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, City Criminal Courts, Hyderabad in SC No.243 of 2007 vide judgment dated 08.10.2007 convicting him to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of 8 years and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for 4 months for the offence punishable under Section 304-I IPC.

2.1. The case of the prosecution in brief was that on 26.08.2006 at 4.00 AM, P.C. No.6448 of Begumpet Police Station lodged a written report in the police station stating that while he was on crime beat patrolling duty in the limits of Begumpet Police Station along with LW.2 – HG 5883 and were patrolling in Shyamlal area on the intervening night of 25/26.08.2006 at about 3.00 AM while proceeding towards Dhaniyalagutta area, found an unknown male dead body lying on the road in a pool of blood. On observing it, they noticed severe bleeding injuries on head and face of the deceased by smashing with granite stones which were found nearby the body. There was pool of blood near the head of the deceased and found blood stains spilled over t