( 1 ) THE accused/appellant who is convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC, for committing the matricide and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life, has preferred this appeal.

( 2 ) THE brief facts giving rise to the present appeal are as follows :the accused - Sannatamma, his brother Against order of Sessions Judge, Uttara kannada, Sessions Divisions Karwar, in S. C. No. 3 of 2001, D/- 7-7-2001. P. W. 1 Parameshwar and P. W. 4- Ravi Kiran were the children of the deceased - Laxmi. All were residents of Achave village of Borolli village in Ankola Taluk. According to the prosecution as there was incompatibility between the wife of the accused and the deceased-mother-in-law, accused was staying separate with his family members in the same village whereas the deceased P. Ws. 1, 4 and their other family members were staying in one house. According to the prosecution some landed properties were in the name of the deceased and the accused was pestering to transfer the lands in his name. The deceased was reluctant to do so and it is alleged that she had rebuked the accused stating that as long as she would be alive, her properties would not