JUDGMENT

Johnson John, J .

“There is no disease so destructive as lust.

--Chanakya

Adulterous and lustful relationship between two technocrats betraying their respective spouses, children and parents resulted in the murder of Omana, the mother of PW1, and Swasthika, aged 3 ½ years, the daughter of PW1, and attempted murder of PW1 on 16.04.2014 in their residential house bearing No. 3/173 of Attingal Municipality.

2. PW1, an engineer by profession, working at Moozhiyar, is the husband of the second accused, a technocrat working in Technopark, Kazhakuttom and on the night of 15.04.2014, he reached his house at Attingal, where his wife, the second accused, daughter Swasthika and parents, Omana and Thankappan Chettiyar, are residing and on the next day morning, PW14, the father of PW1, left the house at about 7.45 a.m. to the place where PW1 is constructing a new house and subsequently, the second accused left the house as usual to her place of work at Kazhakuttom and since PW1 was on leave, he left the house at about 11 a.m. to the post office at Alamcode and while he was standing at Alamcode junction, he received a phone call from his mother Omana and he was told that a friend of him is