THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL CRIMINAL APPEAL No.394 of 2019 JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice K.Surender)

This Criminal Appeal is filed by the appellant/accused No.1, aggrieved by the judgment dated 09.05.2019 in Sessions Case No.385 of 2015, on the file of the learned Principal Sessions Judge, at Khammam, whereby the appellant/accused No.1 was convicted for the offence punishable under Sections

302 and 397 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’).

2. Heard Mr.C.Damodar Reddy, learned counsel representing Mr.Ruthwik Reddy, learned counsel for the appellant and Sri Arun Kumar Dodla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent-State. Perused the record.

3. Accused No.2 was also tried along with the appellant. However, accused No.2 was acquitted for the offence under Section 411 of I.P.C.

5. PW1 is the VRO of the Kamepally Village. He went to the police station and lodged a complaint on 01.01.2014 stating that he received a phone call regarding the dead body of a woman with a cut injury on the throat and found her lying dead. PW1 then went to the scene and found that the dead body was on the land of one Podentla Narayana. Th