JUDGMENT :

(K. Surender, J.)

1. The Appeal is filed by the appellant/accused, aggrieved by the judgment dated 26.10.2018 in S.C.No.76 of 2016, on the file of the Principal Sessions Judge at Adilabad. The appellant was convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 of IPC and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment for murdering his wife, Rathod Shoba Bai.

2. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and Sri Arun Kumar Dodla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent-State.

3. On 04.06.2015, around 3:30 p.m., P.W.1, who is the son of the deceased’s sister, went to the Police Station and lodged a complaint alleging that he came to know that the appellant quarreled with the deceased, suspecting her fidelity and hit her on the head with an axe. He immediately rushed to the deceased’s house and found her in an unconscious state in a pool of blood. She was immediately shifted to the hospital. At the time of shifting the deceased to the hospital, his mother/P.W.5, cousin brother/P.W.2, and P.W.6 were present.

4. On the basis of information given by P.W.1, the crime was registered by P.W.17 and the FIR was dispatched to the concerned Magistrate. Thereafter, he went to the scene