THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL CRIMINAL APPEAL No.273 of 2019

JUDGMENT:

(Per Hon’ble Sri Justice K.Surender)

This Criminal Appeal is filed by the appellant/accused aggrieved by the judgment dated 05.02.2019 in S.C. No.351 of 2016, on the file of the I Additional Sessions Judge, Warangal, for the offence punishable under Section 302 of IPC.

2. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and Sri M.Vivekananda Reddy, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent – State. Perused the record.

3. Smt.Veeraganti Sharada (hereinafter referred to as ‘the deceased’) was taken to the MGM Hospital, Warangal, with 45% burn injuries. Initially, PW.9 attended to the victim. He gave requisition for recording the dying declaration. The Jurisdictional Magistrate/PW.16, on the basis of the requisition given, went to MGM Hospital around 4.20 P.M, and recorded the dying declaration of the deceased. In the narration given to the Magistrate, the deceased stated that she was married 16 years prior to the incident. The appellant is addicted to gudumba (country liquor). For the past 6 months, they had incurred debts of Rs.2,00,000/- for the construction of t