JUDGMENT :

This appeal arises out of the Judgment passed in S.C.No.87 of 2018, dated 03.09.2022, on the file of learned III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Pattukottai, thereby convicting the appellant for the offences punishable under Sections 294(b), 506(ii)and 302 of I.P.C.

3.While being so, on 06.01.2018 at about 03.30 p.m., when the deceased, his son and the labourer were present in the shop, the accused, with an intention to do away with the life of the deceased, came to the shop armed with a knife, scolded him using filthy language, abused him by referring to his religion and thereafter stabbed him on his left chest. As a result, the deceased sustained grievous injuries and succumbed to the same. On the complaint, the respondent registered an F.I.R in Crime No.5 of 2018 for the offences punishable under Sections 294(b), 302 and 506(ii) of I.P.C. After completion of investigation, a final report was filed