APHC010650442009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3368]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL APPEAL No: 260/2009 Between:

1. CHANDRAKANTHI JOHN,, S/O VENKATA SWAMY, R/O H.NO.

69/137, JOHARAPURAM VILLAGE, KURNOOL DISTRICT.

...APPELLANT AND

1. THE STATE OF AP REP BY ITS PP HYD, rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., at Hyderabad.

...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellant:

1. RAMAKRISHNA AKURATHI Counsel for the Respondent: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following:

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL APPEAL No: 260 OF 2009

O R A L J U D G M E N T:

Heard Sri Ramakrishna Akurthi, learned counsel for the appellant/accused and Sri C.P.Somayaji, learned Additional Public Prosecutor and Sri Sandeep, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State.

2. The appeal is preferred challenging the judgment dated 02.09.2008 in S.C.No.408/2007 on the file of VI Additional Sessions Judge, Kurnool.

3. The appellant was convicted for the offence U/s.304-II IPC and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a