JUDGMENT

Raja Vijayaraghavan, J.

Crl. Appeal No. 1137 of 2022 has been preferred by the appellant challenging the finding of guilt, conviction, and sentence passed by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge-VI, Thiruvananthapuram, in S.C.No. 447 of 2013. In the above case, the appellant was indicted for having committed offences punishable under Sections 447 , 323, 324, and 302 of the IPC . It appears that before the filing of the above appeal, a Jail Petition was filed by the appellant through the Superintendent, Central Prison and Correctional Home, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram, and on its basis Crl. Appeal. No. 807 of 2021 was filed by the legal aid counsel. As the appellant has filed Crl. Appeal No. 1137 of 2022 through the counsel of his choice, the said appeal can be heard and disposed of.

The facts in brief as per the prosecution:

2. The appellant, along with his family consisting of his aged father, wife, and two daughters, resided at Karunilakkodu. The deceased, Soman, lived on the southern side of the appellant's house with his wife, Geetha (PW2), and their three daughters. The appellant's property is situated at a higher elevation, separated from Soman's by a short laterit