JUDGMENT

Alexander Thomas, J.

The aforecaptioned criminal appeals preferred by the two accused persons arise out of the impugned judgment dated 22.10.2018 in S.C.No.407/2007 on the file of the IInd Addl. Sessions Court, Thodupuzha.

2. A brief overview of the case would be pertinent:- The prosecution case is that the deceased, Brijitha, was a widow, aged 63 years and her children were not residing with her and she was living in a house situated in her property of the extent of about 6 Acres or so. She belonged to a farming family. Earlier, A-1's father (Sri.Natarajan) was the domestic help in her house and he used to reside in the same house. It appears that since A-1's father had some quarrel and fight with a third party, PW-3 (elder son of the deceased) instructed that Natarajan need not stay in the house of Brijitha any longer and his employment, as a domestic help, was discontinued. Thereupon, A-1, who is Natarajan's son, was engaged as a full time domestic help to look after the farming operations in the deceased's house and also to stay in her house, as she was residing alone. It has come out in evidence that A-1 used to reside in a separate room, which was part of the house, but