JUDGMENT

(Per Hon‟ble Sri Justice K.Suresh Reddy)

Sole accused in S.C.No.33 of 2014, on the file of the Court of Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Vijayawada, is the appellant. He was tried by the learned Sessions Judge under three (3) charges. First Charge was under Section 364 IPC, second Charge was under Section 302 IPC and the third Charge was under Section 392 IPC

2. Substance of the charge is that on 2^nd August, 2012, the appellant/accused kidnapped one Nurukurthi Mounica (hereinafter referred to as „the deceased‟) by deceitful words and on a false promise, asked her to come to Vijayawada from Hyderabad, and on 04.08.2012, at about 11.30 a.m., the accused administered her a cool drink mixed with poison at Kurrelagudem, Tadepalligudem, and forcibly made her consume the same, and in the same process, he took away the gold chain and ear studs from her body, thereby committed offences punishable under Sections 364, 302, and 392 IPC.

3. After completion of trial, the learned Sessions Judge convicted the appellant/accused under Section 302 IPC and sentenced him to suffer imprisonment for „LIFE‟ and also to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/- (Rupees Two Thousand only), in default to suffer Simple Imp